As reported

Triangle over Alton, IL

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I watched a ship pass from my left to right, right in front of me.

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July 12, 2021 · 9:40 AM · OTHER

Alton, IL

I was looking at the moon we had that night and as I looked down to the pictures I took I seen something I didn't see in the sky nor in the second pic I took right after,looks to be a very bright green one and a few to be more invisible near the moon and another small green one maybe off to the right of the first picture!

August 16, 2020 · 10:00 PM · OTHER

Alton, IL

Standing on my front porch, facing south out over the Mississippi River, I observed the following over Missouri. There was a twinkling/flashing green light, hovering in the distant sky. The light changed to constant red and the object sped at a high rate of speed off to the west. It disappeared behind trees blocking my view. About 20 to 30 seconds after that, there was a faint high-pitched whine and another red lighted object appeared in the same location as the original green light. It sped in from the east, came to an abrupt stop and then sped at a high rate of speed to the east. It then stopped and abruptly reversed direction to the west. Again, the high-pitched whine and disappeared behind the trees. Again, about 20 seconds later, another red light appeared in the same location. It was accompanied by a high-pitched whine and continued from the east and headed west. In total, I observed this very same event five (5) times. All moved at extremely high speed. All produced a high-pitched whine. All zoomed off to the west. This all occurred over Missouri.

March 5, 2015 · 8:30 PM · FIREBALL

Alton, IL

http://www.thetelegraph.com/news/news/152223390/Fireball-in-sky-over-Alton-creates-buzz. ‘Fireball’ in sky over Alton creates buzz ALTON — Did little green men take a cruise in their spaceship over Alton? Probably not — but something strange in the sky caught the attention of several Telegraph readers Thursday evening. According to Robert Lunsford of the American Meteor Society (AMS), reports of a fireball came from across the state Thursday evening. “The sightings were clustered right around Chicago,” Lunsford said. “We’ve only received a couple from the St. Louis area. We have 34 total sightings. St. Louis seems to be on the southwestern edge of our reports. It was apparently seen as far away as Ann Arbor, Michigan.” Lunsford added that similar sightings came from Texas and Louisiana around 2 a.m. Friday. He said the southern fireball had about half as many reports as the one over Illinois. Such bright fireballs are common in February, March and April, he added. “This is the peak time for evening fireballs,” he said. “I have no doubt that it was a meteor.” Lunsford said most of the reports claimed to have seen a large green fireball, but some were blue or yellow. According to Lunsford, the seemingly strange colors are actually quite common when a large chunk of space debris enters Earth’s atmosphere. “Entering the atmosphere excites the oxygen molecules and creates a sort of greenish glow,” he said. The AMS is still investigating the case, which includes looking for evidence that the meteor metamorphosed into a meteorite by hitting the surface of Earth. “There’s still a possibility that it did,” Lunsford said. “We look for signs of sonic booms that indicate that the object entered the lower atmosphere. We haven’t had any of those so far.” Social media in the Riverbend was abuzz with chatter about the fireball — or whatever it was — late Thursday and early Friday. Facebook user Jason Cox wrote on the Telegraph’s wall that he saw the object around 8:30 p.m. Thursday evening while traveling north on Homer Adams Parkway off Broadway. Another user, Berthal Allsman said he saw a similar object on Homer Adams Parkway and described it as “kool as h—-.” Mandi Carroll wrote that she saw it while driving on Missouri Route 367 towards Alton. Most Facebook users that claimed to have seen the object on the Telegraph’s page described it as a meteor. Others jokingly theorized that it was a spaceship, a methamphetamine lab explosion or popular Star Trek character Spock, portrayed by the recently deceased Leonard Nimoy, reaching his destination on the final frontier. The Alton Police Department said that they did not receive any calls on the matter. Alton Police spokesperson Emily Hejna speculated that it was most likely not a visiting life form from the far reaches of the cosmos. The Telegraph also reached out to NASA regarding the matter, but nobody from the administration had responded to the request as of press time. An official did confirm they were investigating the reports, however. The official echoed the belief that it was probably not a spaceship.

October 26, 2014 · 5:30 PM · CIRCLE