As reported

Fireball over Worth, IL

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The report, as filed

Fireballs appear out of nowhere and morph shapes as they hover away.

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 2012-11-15 → 2012-12-02

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April 1, 2019 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT

Worth, IL

This is near Midway airport and there were several planes in the sky, but none emitting the bright light as this object and none moving anywhere near as fast. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

September 22, 2015 · 8:16 PM · CIRCLE

Worth, IL

There is a half moon, I believe tonight, as I was walking out my apartment I look up and saw white blue ish circle fly past my partment and disappear. I have seen planes land near a home I used to live in so I know it was close enough to land but it was moving so fast and it looked as if it was leaving not coming down. I only saw it for a second. It was twice as big as the north star. I looked at one of my neighbors who was smoking a cigar outside and asked if he saw it and said yes and so did a neighbor walking his dog, said the bark had its tail behind its legs and wimping. I have seen a meteor and that was not one. The strange thing was, there was no sound and it was close enough to make a sound....blue ish white like those new style headlights some high end vehicles have. South bound. Bigger than a star. Must have traveled about a 35 degree angle on the sky. Don't know my distances sorry. Oh and no sound.

November 18, 2012 · 5:00 PM · CHANGING