As reported

Egg over Woodstock, IL

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One bright white object with a star burst pattern of light around it

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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2003-07-25 → 2003-08-11

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November 30, 2023 · 11:26 AM · FORMATION

Woodstock, IL

Thursday Nov.30th, 2023 11:26 am cst Woodstock, IL. I'm looking North out my front window at an airliner high above me (75degrees up) traveling east in clear blue-sky and then another airliner going west came into view seconds later. That's when directly across my street facing North/3degrees East... I'll say 40degrees above horizon about 5 feet above the streetlight (it was not on) in my clear sight were 2 groups of silver bright lights/orbs (at least 20 in each group) with one circular group above the other in view for only about 10 seconds max when the lower group faded quickly into blue-sky then the group above faded immediately after into clear blue-sky too. There was no motion or movement just a fadeout. I stared for a few minutes and grabbed my binoculars to scan the sky but nothing there. I checked the time on my phone, and I decided to draw in pencil what was in my memory and write a description on the back of an envelope. Each circular group was about the size of my index fingernail held out arm's length. I waited a week to make a report, but I felt that I should still write this…. I told my 2 neighbors and showed them my drawing.

April 27, 2023 · 12:00 AM · SPHERE

Woodstock, IL

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July 31, 2015 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE

Woodstock, IL

I am a teacher of 14 years and my husband is a police officer of 21 years. On July 31, 2015 at approximately 9:00 p.m. (21:00), I looked out of my living room window and noticed a round orange light. It wasn’t perfectly round and had a little nub coming off the left side. The object was travelling in a straight direction heading south. I tried to get a better look, but it was difficult to see it because my backyard trees were in the way. I was sidetracked briefly by one of my children, then mentioned the object to my husband who went out on the deck to look at it. I then grabbed some binoculars to get a closer look. The object did not blink, but had a steady orange color. When I had joined my husband, the object looked smaller. A typical passenger jet airliner happened to be passing by in view at the same time so I could clearly tell the object was not an airplane. The airplane was travelling in an east, southeasterly direction. The object was farther up in the sky than the airplane. The object then passed by the moon and looked smaller. It then suddenly disappeared. I would also like to mention this was a night we had a blue moon.

August 30, 2013 · 12:00 AM · FORMATION