Other over Chicago (About 50 Miles South Of, I-55 South), IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Appearing as a plane reflecting sunlight, would disappear and reappear for approx.5min, a second appeard "danced" around eachother and
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 1999-04-29 → 1999-05-16