Oval over Morton Grove, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I saw 2 ovoid objects perhaps lower to the ground than I estimate moving silently and changing color from red to orange and back again.
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 2012-12-14 → 2012-12-31
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August 23, 2020 · 8:08 PM · LIGHT
Morton Grove, IL
I am professional firefighter, former Soldier, and amateur astronomer. I saw a bright red light in the Western sky. Approximately 275 degrees, 15 degrees elevation. Brighter than Venus. Laser red. Initially stationary, then suddenly accelerating to the South. This is exceptionally unusual, because it is opposite to the current direction of commercial air travel out of O'Hare Airport at this time. I confirmed that no plans were visible on Plane Finder software at the time. Color remained uniform after the change of Direction. No strobe. At about heading 225, the object disappeared. Object reappeared approximately 7 minutes later, and followed the same pattern. Again, definitely not a plane. Object was seen below the cloud cover, which was approximately 20000 ft. This was immediately following a storm weather event. Alternatively, it could have been a Hobby drone. But I ruled this out, because of the ambient light at this time of night is prohibitive to flying! an RC aircraft. Thank you for your time.
October 29, 2015 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Morton Grove, IL
oval shaped white light circled around among the clouds. There was no source of light from the ground indicating it was not from man source. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 13, 1999 · 12:30 PM · FIREBALL
Morton Grove, IL
I to saw what looked like a comet at about 12:30 PM. I was out on the drive way with a friend large comet with a long tail. It was very