Fireball over Joliet, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At 11 p.m. on 10-04-2015, out of the northeast from Joliet, IL, from approximately the Lockport area, a bright orange burning ball of light was heading southwest towards the Morris, IL, direction. It was about 1k off the ground and was on a steady path directly over my house, as it passed being as bright as it was had no blinking lights to indicate an airplane and I could see no shape what so ever, just a burning orange light with an almost flame like flicker behind it. As it passed there was no trail but made a steady very low "shhhhh" like sound. As it went over there was an odd glow that faded as it continued on then it disappeared. I called the local police to see if there were any reports, but they didnt know anything about it. And no, I'm not crazy.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #122568). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-10-01 → 2015-10-18
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