Light over Mount Carmel, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Looked north out the window and saw a bright steady red light in the sky moving fast from east to west. Thought it was a helicopter but no noise. Ran to front of house to observe the light moving faster and in a blink of the eye disappeared quickly in the west. My wife came to the front and saw the light. The light was a extremely bright leaving no trail of smoke. The height of the light seemed high in the sky. The light passed directly over Mt. Carmel, Il.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #126833). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-04-09 → 2016-04-26
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