Light over Wheeling, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Flashing white light, brighter then stars, very high in sky, shined a light kind of like helicopter but way to high in the sky for a pl
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 2012-06-12 → 2012-06-29
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July 24, 2021 · 2:34 AM · LIGHT
Wheeling, IL
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November 23, 2018 · 5:15 PM · TRIANGLE
Wheeling, IL
I am a retired ex-IT professional (15+ years, degreed, ex-ACM member). I was northbound on Illinois I-94 at approx. 5:15pm CT, near the Dundee exit, in/near Wheeling, IL. Traffic was fairly heavy, I kept to the right-hand lane. Initially, a white semi- ahead of me appeared to be having difficulty staying in the lane, drifting onto the shoulder every so often; I remained substantially behind him for a mile or so, eventually he pulled onto the shoulder. [It occurred to me later that perhaps he'd also seen the UFO and was dumbfounded or panicked and might be communicating via CB.] Shortly thereafter, I glanced to my right and observed a triangular craft for several seconds, solid black against the night sky, with very large globular (warning?) lights at the apices, these emitting a fairly bright but dark red glow [Wikipedia: approx. 650? nm], easily seen against the night sky. The form appeared to be equilateral, with no reflective qualities; impossible to gauge its dimensions. I could not discern any sound. My velocity was approx. 55mph; the object appeared almost stationary but seemed to be traveling southbound because of it's orientation, i.e. it was 'pointed' southward, and seemed to be paralleling the highway. I have been attempting to guesstimate its size -- at best I'd say its elevation was 100 to 150 feet and perhaps 100 to 150 feet on a side, but I could be off significantly, there were no reference points. What astonished me most was the size of the globular 'lights', they were quite large, possibly the diameter of a quarter held two feet away, so that the distance between a fore- and aft- light may have been 20-25 such diameters? [conjecture] I lost sight of it after perhaps 10 seconds of travel; I did not have time (and did not think) to attempt photographing it with my cellphone... Recognition was immediate [have been a Coast fan for 20 years and am familiar with Peter's reports of similar craft]. I was astonished at the circumstantial nature of this sighting and uttered a few choice expletives, never having thought I'd actually see one of these. I felt...vindicated in a sense, and quite excited, being a firm believer in such phenomena given the massive evidence available.
May 19, 2018 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Wheeling, IL
4 white lights moving from the center of the circle towards the perimeter and then back to the center. I took a few videos with my cell phone but can see better with naked eyes.
March 5, 2017 · 5:10 AM · CIRCLE
Wheeling, IL
After pulling an all nighter, on march fifth, 2017, at 5 in the morning, my friend, his little brother and I had decided to go for a walk to a nearby park. While on the asphalt path leading up to the park, we saw an orange colored glowing circle shoot up. We had immediately assumed that it was a flare, and contemplated calling the police in case someone was lost in a forest, but the direction it was coming from was by a more populated area of our city. The glow seemed to get bigger, then smaller. We stood there, watching it out of curiosity. Then, it started moving. My friend and I started recording with our phones, and then began running home. It seemed to come a little bit towards us, then, my phone shut down while on 15%, which it had never done before or after. By the time my phone finally turned on again, the UFO was to far away to be visible on my camera. But my friend still had his footage. We woke up his father and told him about what happened, but re! alized we couldn't show him the footage do to language the three of us used in shock. But we still had the footage. I told my dad about the experience and he told me I needed to "get some sleep". We talked about it the next day, but primarily focused on other things since then. One day, a month and a half later, I learned that my friend's phone had suddenly stopped working. I found this strange, especially because it was only a year and a half old. Since then, I didn't think much of it, until today, when I decided to share my experience with the world. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 2, 2013 · 5:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Wheeling, IL
Dark object moving VERY FAST, north to south, Wheeling, IL
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