Light over Rock Falls, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was smoking a cigarette and I can see plans around area. I see a round bright light moving right to left pretty far away then it turned was coming closer. Not close enough to make a clear judgement what it was and then went backwards and back to moving left. It was moving key fat also. Very of how it moved which is why I took notice. I came in because I was getting ate up by mosquitos. Very odd though.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #128728). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-07-22 → 2016-08-08
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