As reported

Circle over Park Ridge, IL

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Two very bright, large stars/dots in sky very near O'Hare airport. ((NUFORC Note: Venus and Jupiter. PD))

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May 23, 2018 · 8:20 AM · UNKNOWN

Park Ridge, IL

During my workday. I watch a departing airliner traveling north out of O'Hare at 8:15 am at maybe two thousand feet and climbing. I noticed to the west of the departing aircraft an object traveling east. I thought that there was a potential conflict (incursion) developing with what I thought at the time were two aircraft so I continued to watch. The flight that left O'Hare continued on without incident I continued to watch the object heading east and coming towards me wanting to see what this object really was and realizing it was at a higher altitude. As it approach I could faintly see a solid object then a reflection of sun turning it into a bright pin point of light much like a star. From my vantage point, I would say this object was a mile north of O'Hare at an altitude of seven to ten thousand feet when it stopped and stayed in place. I could not make out what I was looking at. The weather was mostly clear with just a few small clouds around the area After minutes in place it moved south towards O'Hare about a mile then slowly climbed all the time looking like a bright star. I have no idea what this object I witnessed was. After this sighting, I noticed that departures to the north stopped. I thought that air traffic control may be trying to figure this out. I called my wife to tell her about this incidence and that she may see something on the news. I would like to call O'Hare about this. I watched this whole thing for probaly eight minutes. Very bizarre, very puzzling. Perhaps military security surveillance. I am very much into aviation I am not making this up. (( Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD))

July 9, 2015 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT

Park Ridge, IL

I was taking a walk down a busy street heading northwest, when I saw aprox 15 orange lights in the sky to the north. At first they were in a straight line, so I thought they might be planes lining up to land at OHare airport. I've lived near the airport my entire life, and quickly realized this was not the case. The color of the light as not right and the quickly left the in line formation and became jumbled in a random pattern. 5 of the lights then seemed to form a circle, before the rest of them disappeared one by one until there was only one left in the sky for about 30 more seconds and it too disappeared. I have never made a claim like this before and am hoping someone else saw this. It would be hard to believe that with the brightness, the number of objects, and the residential area, this happened in that no one else did.

August 7, 2011 · 9:40 PM · CIRCLE