Fireball over LaGrange, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
There was 4 orange/red fireballs flying in a straight line following each other. Then they all separated the straight line and formed a giant square in the sky and became completely still not moving. This all was about 3 minutes long. While in the square one at a time the the light started to dim. The light disappeared one at a time until all 4 fire balls were gone. This took about another minute. My view point was from a building 5 stories high and had a great view point of the sky. This was a sighting around 8:55 at night and crystal clear sky. I would guess the objects were in a southwest location from LaGrange, Illinois, maybe around Woodridge, or Naperville, Illinois. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #114660). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-10-15 → 2014-11-01