Oval over Olney (Musgrove Park), IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
On October 19th, 2015, at approximately 7:45 PM, I observed a glowing orange object, circular to oval in shape, moving south to north in the sky for approximately one minute, until it disappeared. It appeared to be flying at an altitude of 3000 AGL. There was no sound, no exhaust trail of any kind and it was moving quite fast without any navigation lights observed. I am a retired pilot, and this did not appear to be an airplane or helicopter of any kind. This incident occurred just slightly west of Musgrove Park in Olney, IL. Report from pilot. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #122987). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-10-16 → 2015-11-02