Circle over Edwardsville, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Six orange lights in the S. Eastern sky.
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 2013-02-27 → 2013-03-16
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June 15, 2020 · 3:00 AM · LIGHT
Edwardsville, IL
We had been stargazing and using an app on our phone to see what was in the sky. up and to the right of Jupiter, there was a light that caught my eye. The sky was completely clear it had the same color as a star but having seen shooting stars I know it didn’t behave like one or move the speed of it, nor was it an airplane I’ve seen hundreds of those but it just stopped moving along the sky and dimmed out, it seemed very high and didn’t travel a great distance from what it seemed but so strange it just disappeared. I know there were no clouds and it was between two stars so I know nothing was construed it just stopped moving and dimmed out where it stopped.
July 8, 2018 · 8:30 PM · LIGHT
Edwardsville, IL
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 17, 2017 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Edwardsville, IL
As I said, the lights were solid, not flashing like aircraft lights. There were also many stars visible that, of course, weren't moving. Not sure what they were, but I've never seen anything like that. I'm really just curious if anyone else saw them, and exactly what they were. Thanks
February 23, 2015 · 1:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Edwardsville, IL
My friend and I were driving on Highway 143 towards St. Louis and saw some bright flashing lights in the sky to the side of the road. We pulled off on Blackburn Road and stopped the car to watch. There were numerous bright flashing lights putting on quite a light show. These lights flashed singly and in pairs and then several would appear in a straight line. At one time the lights turned red and formed a spiral made of a lot of small red lights. We did take a video and it is quite impressive. We watched the show for about 45 minutes then continued on our way. They were still flashing as we left. There is little out there besides fields and it was very cold around 10 degrees. I have never seen anything like this in my life. We have invited the witness to share the video with our Center. We may post it, if it is of high-quality. PD
March 2, 2013 · 9:55 PM · LIGHT
Edwardsville, IL
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September 1, 2012 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Edwardsville, IL
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