Unknown over Collinsville, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I had just gotten out of my car. The night was mild for November and clear. I paused to look up at the stars above the roof of my hou
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 2005-11-01 → 2005-11-18
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February 17, 2022 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Collinsville, IL
Driving on the highway south and saw a bright teal column of light come from the clouds and touch the ground from what appeared to be several miles south and slightly west, possibly Belleville, Illinois. It lit up the clouds that it came from bright teal but it was 20 degrees outside and not lightning or a spotlight. Continued to stare in the direction with the other witness and didn’t not see any evidence of a tower or spotlight. It came from above and touched the ground then seemed to disappear and not go back into the clouds. Did not see object in the cloud from which it could have come from.
May 4, 2020 · 12:54 AM · LIGHT
Collinsville, IL
While on a walk with a friend of mine I was looking up at the stars and noticed one move slightly downwards and then return to its position. I stopped dead in my tracks and had my friend verify what I was seeing. Upon further inspection, we swa multiple lights in that region change from red, blue, and green for a brief moment. There was also a moment where what appeared to be a purplish distortion that resembled a nebula around one of the lights. They seemed to shoot around at incredible speed but always returned to their original position. Obviously startled we looked online to see if anyone was seeing what we saw and all I could find were reports of Starlink sattelites but I am slow to accept this as an answer because of the randomness of the movements observed. I plan on trying to find a telescope to observe better.
November 9, 2014 · 6:40 PM · OTHER
Collinsville, IL
I recently purchased a pair of Celestron Skymaster 15x70 Binoculars. I'm amazed how it cuts through light pollution. While sitting on my swing and looking up at stars a T-Formation came into view. At first it looked solid but it had individual squarish looking objects in it. There were no lights but they had a almost tan/luminescent color to them against the dark sky. As I lowered my binoculars I still saw the T- formation as it went behind some trees I stood up but the horizon was blocked by more trees. At first I thought these were geese but I've never seen birds fly in a T formation that huge and travel so quickly. The flew like they knew where they were going. Through the binoculars and without they were in a perfect formation and it did look like, possibly, they were part of a T. It reminded me of those huge formations sighted in space. I would put the size as a ruler put at arms length. Travelling fast like a T at eleven o'clock. Much higher than passenger aircraft. Possibly in space. A slight aura around the whole T-formation.
September 24, 2014 · 7:45 PM · RECTANGLE
Collinsville, IL
Was driving north on 157 when I noticed a bright light which I first thought was a C-5 that normally fly over to Scott Air Force Base some 15 miles to our east. As I got closer the light increased in intensity. Due to the low altitude I figured it had to be a police helicopter so I slowed down. As I drove under it it was banking to the east towards the tree line of the bluffs. What I briefly saw in about 3 seconds was a rectangular shaped object moving slowly with no apparent sound. The size was like holding a envelope at arm's length. Would estimate height at less than 300 feet. It was huge! When it banked, the bright lights I first saw faded, and I could make out some faint but sharp led type of lighting on the perimeters and within object. I turned around a sped south to see if I could spot it where the bluff are lower to east but had no luck. It almost looked like a flying super modern penthouse if that doesnt sound crazy. Not sure I saw all of it due to the lighting. Someone else had to have seen it. Incredible!!!
April 26, 2012 · 11:57 AM · LIGHT
Collinsville, IL
Bright orange non-blinking sphere that made no audible sound heading from southwest to northeast.
January 11, 2012 · 5:01 PM · UNKNOWN
Collinsville, IL
Object in the sky not moving, changing light colors from red, blue and pink. Numerous sides.