Unknown over Elmhurst, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
It was at about 1 AM when I saw something weird out the window flying. I couldn't tell what shape it was it just had big green and red lights blinking it was going very fast, definitely not a plane. It was going in a circle. Just one. I went outside and there was no sound. it was nothing I'd ever seen before. Very weird!!!
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #126918). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-04-16 → 2016-05-03
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