Formation over Northlake, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was going outside to try and see Jupiter which was next to the moon, as soon as I opened my back door I first seen 4 objects in the sky, I called my dad and told him to come and look, he seen the 4 objects too, he told me to go and get my camera, when i came back, there was 25 - 30 flying objects, we called everyone in the household to come and look, they were just flying in our direction then another 6 came after the first 25, they vanished behind some clouds, leaving us all dazed and confused....
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #114653). 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
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