Unknown over Arlington Heights, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Black object flying toward clouds abruptly stop and then descend staight down and disappear.
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 2013-06-13 → 2013-06-30
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Driving eastbound at night on Golf Road, east of Interstate 90, I saw a light, comparable in size to that of an airplane, becomes visible in my windshield as it speeds forward – so, also going eastbound. It was going about a few times faster than an airplane; it wasn't as though it was gone in a flash. Very shortly after I could see it, it disappeared. There was no flourish when it disappeared, and while I've considered that it was just a reflection on the glass, it didn't have the sort of glow around it that light reflecting on glass usually has. I also considered that it was a sort of shooting star, but again, there was no tail or glow around it. I reiterate that the light looked exactly how a commercial airliner would have looked like in the night sky through a windshield; its behavior was what was odd. The entire sight lasted less than two seconds.
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The new bright star thought to be a plane stayed in place. I pointed my flashlight at i ( like that would do anything) then it looked like a dot within a circle, glowed brighter, then disappeared, as if a lightbulb glowed brightly then went out! Or, if possible, like a sci-fi movie, it was a wormhole that closed or a star that exploded and vanished! It may have looked like a fossile fuel ship flew straight away and got smaller as the distance grew. This sighting was in the west end of the sky with Ursa Major located west/northwest. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
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CLEARDAY SIGHTING.
April 22, 2013 · 10:10 PM · FORMATION
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