Cigar over Chicago Heights, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Orange glowing lights over Chicago Heights, 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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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2012-07-01 → 2012-07-18
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June 24, 2020 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
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Yesterday driving home after leaving my friends home I noticed lights eyes level in the sky coming my way. Once I looked up my heart started to panic. I’ve seen ufo’s before but never as close as they were yesterday. One light after another. They were bright as a Roman candle but stayed in a straight line. It was overwhelming and nervous af. I saw at least thirty or them. I am not exaggerating. They were close to each other. Very close. I know air traffic control wouldn’t have approved if they were planes. But they couldn’t have been. You couldn’t hear anything. Just light after light. They were headed east towards Indiana. I never been religious but after yesterday I believe everything we hear about. God, Heavens earth, dinosaur, aliens, UFO’s are real. 2020 has been a hell of a year. These stimulus checks won’t help at all if they decide to truly invade us. The government is a lie. They don’t tell us the truth
November 1, 2014 · 8:12 PM · LIGHT
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I saw dozens, my sister stated she watched for several minutes before calling me and she saw at least a hundred of the lights. I tried to search online to see if there was military or massive airline movement but found nothing. There was no sound, and I would really like an explanation. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
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