Other over Herod, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
A plume of smoke/vapor/trail was seen by 2 witnesses on 11/11/16 looking south from the Herod, IL, Hwy 34, toward the Ohio River. Witnesses did not see if it came from the ground up or sky downward. The trail of white smoke/gas/vapor lasted about 5 min. Never seen anything close to this.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #131155). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-11-08 → 2016-11-25