Fireball over Antioch, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
5 bright orange fireball type objects appeared at a low altitude over lake Marie in Antioch Illinois. They descended from the west almost out of nowhere, And continued to the east. At first there were only two. One sped ahead, Then came back to the other, then passed it again. A few seconds later, Anther appeared. Heading from west to east. Then another, and another. Both traveled from west to east. They were very low, and made absolutely No sound at all. The last one could be clearly seen to be a thick disk. Witness provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #113757). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-09-17 → 2014-10-04
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