Light over Brookport, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
A family member and I we're returning home and, noticed there was a bright red (very red) light in the sky. The light was hovering over a neighbors yard, it was big enough to be seen and, super bright! I pulled into my drive way and,told them to stay in the car, I am going to get the camera! I opened my car door turned around and, looked at the light and, it it disappeared!! It disappeared so quick that I have no idea what direction or where it went. I could tell it looked as if it was a small object, but the light was so bright that it was hard to make out shape! I have never seen anything like this before and, the brightness of this red light was almost overwhelming. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #111725). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-07-17 → 2014-08-03
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