Fireball over Lake Villa, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Red lights, looked like a fire ball. Thought it was a chopper, but had no sound. Went from southeast to the northwest. It was gaining altitude as it passed. When it passed by it still looked the same. Was moving very fast. Had my camera, with a zoom handy, so I took a picture. When I zoomed in it looked like it was on fire, but had a silhouette in the front of the fire. Witness provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #127023). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-04-21 → 2016-05-08
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