Cigar over Chicago Heights, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
high pitched whirling noise and random lights moving very quickly with sharp turns.
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 2005-09-25 → 2005-10-12
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Yesterday driving home after leaving my friends home I noticed lights eyes level in the sky coming my way. Once I looked up my heart started to panic. I’ve seen ufo’s before but never as close as they were yesterday. One light after another. They were bright as a Roman candle but stayed in a straight line. It was overwhelming and nervous af. I saw at least thirty or them. I am not exaggerating. They were close to each other. Very close. I know air traffic control wouldn’t have approved if they were planes. But they couldn’t have been. You couldn’t hear anything. Just light after light. They were headed east towards Indiana. I never been religious but after yesterday I believe everything we hear about. God, Heavens earth, dinosaur, aliens, UFO’s are real. 2020 has been a hell of a year. These stimulus checks won’t help at all if they decide to truly invade us. The government is a lie. They don’t tell us the truth
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