Fireball over Hazel Crest, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
10-12 yellow/orange fireballs, slowly moving across the sky in formations. Traveling west to east in the sky. No sound present. One fireball slowed down to wait for others to catch up and moved in a lateral direction. As the fireballs moved east, they began to disappear. Caught on cellphone video.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #129398). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-08-17 → 2016-09-03