Light over Coal Valley, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Ball of Light Moving at Extreme Speeds
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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What would the paper say?
For a dated, located U.S. sighting, FAA radar data and ATC communications are the records most likely to exist. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.
Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2008-02-10 → 2008-02-27
From the same sky
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February 12, 2005 · 7:00 AM · CIRCLE
Coal Valley, IL
I was on my way to work, when I spotted a VERY low flying air craft with very bright lights traveling quite slowly across the sky.
September 3, 2003 · 11:05 PM · FORMATION
Coal Valley, IL
Three objects spread apart near the constellation of Draco and travel in tandem until they ultimately grow faint and disappear.