Flash over Prophetstown, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Three huge moving bright white flashes, the whole thing lasting only a fraction of a second.
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 2003-06-26 → 2003-07-13
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August 15, 2009 · 3:00 PM · DISK
Prophetstown, IL
A silver/bright round/disk object flying at a high rate of speed in an irregular path at a high altitude in a cloudy sky over N. IL.
October 20, 2003 · 9:15 PM · OTHER
Prophetstown, IL
we saw a star and it raised above the clouds, a few nights later saw the same thing and it then dissappeared