Diamond over Brookfield, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Four diamond shaped orangish yellowish lights moved in a diamond like formation from the East towards the Northwest. Slow moving at first then quicker raising higher into the sky until they started to disappear one at a time starting with the trailing light through the lead light. They never left there formation.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #111104). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-07-01 → 2014-07-18
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