Disk over New Lenox, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Two witnesses watch 30ft disc fall from high altitude in seconds, change axis, stop 30ft over highway, pass slowly and silently between
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 2011-10-14 → 2011-10-31
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November 28, 2023 · 6:13 AM · CIRCLE
New Lenox, IL
At 6:00 am this morning I was out walking my dog as usual. I always find myself looking up at the sky while he is sniffing around. On this particular morning, I looked up and immediately noticed a large bright deep yellow sphere with a thin red bottom, with a long firey tail traveling from the north, heading south. I knew it was not an airplane. I see many planes in the sky coming and going from Midway and O'Hare airports. This object did not have any flashing lights whatsoever. I also knew that it was not a shooting star. I have seen several of those when visiting my parents in Arizona. I immediately thought that it was a comet until it went into a descending diagonal flight, paused very briefly, dropped into a vertical flight, and then flew parallel to the ground heading south. There was absolutely no noise coming from this object. It was at this point I noticed an area of the sky become distorted and the object flew into it and then disappeared. Special note: This object maintained its original shape and appearance throughout my observation of its flight.
January 20, 2022 · 8:37 PM · DISK
New Lenox, IL
I was lying in bed when I saw bright white lights with some red lights hovering over open space between my backyard and a neighbor's backyard. I got up and wen to the window for a closer look and couldn't believe my eyes. What looked like a UFO was hovering over open space between behind our house. I called my husband to come see it. He saw it as well. We watched until it flew up over our house and out of sight (30-40 seconds).
August 23, 2017 · 4:30 AM · OVAL
New Lenox, IL
I was driving down I-80 west bound towards the New Lenox exit. I saw a light come down from the sky towards the ground but not fast like a meteor. The light was so visible that all the cars and trucks around me hit their brakes to watch this thing land come down. I knew I was not the only one to see this. I think it landed somewhere south of Rt 30 East of Exit 137 off of I-80. Quite impressed by this I never reported something of this nature before. Since I saw everyone else step on their brakes to look at it, I decided to put up a report.
August 6, 2016 · 8:50 PM · FIREBALL
New Lenox, IL
I was outside watering flowers after returning from dinner and a show and observed 3 fireball objects passing in a southwesterly direction. I called my husband to witness and he took pictures of several more passing overhead. We are retired professionals in good mental health. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 1, 2016 · 9:12 PM · LIGHT
New Lenox, IL
First thought it could be a meteor, but there was no tail. Way too fast for a plane or satellite. About the speed of a meteor, but no tail.
July 13, 2013 · 10:45 PM · CIRCLE
New Lenox, IL
7 red lights in sky.