As reported

Light over Vernon Hills, IL

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The report, as filed

Red light object sighted over east Vernon Hills, IL / west Lake Forest, IL

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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September 21, 2020 · 9:05 PM · LIGHT

Vernon Hills, IL

I saw one green ball of light that zoomed off in a forward direction away from me and instantly disappeared all in about a seconds time. The object seemed to be much closer to the ground than a meteor, I would guess that it was about as close to the ground as a helicopter usually is. The object did not appear to be very large, even though I was far away and am not certain, I would guess that it could not have been bigger than a helicopter. The object also had no smoke or dust trail. The color of the object was a bright green, slightly darker than lime-green. I was the only observer of the object. I am 20, live in Vernon Hills, and I am a full time college student at Depaul University in Chicago.

March 27, 2015 · 10:35 PM · FORMATION

Vernon Hills, IL

My daughter and I were out on our balcony looking for the Andromeda galaxy. When we suddenly noticed what looked like a lone wisp of smoke traveling across the clear, night sky. As we focused on this movement, we both realized that it was multiple pin-point lights that traveled in a V formation, with an occasional slight wave-like movement in this formation, like a flock of birds. We followed it until it went out of our vision over the roof. We went to the front of the house to continue looking and it disappeared.

October 14, 2013 · 6:00 PM · CIGAR