Sphere over Harvey, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Later that night a friend and myself were having a bonfire when we heard a loud guttural noise that we could not recognize coming from the forest. As we went to go investigate we saw a very large shadow come through the tree line so we ran back inside. That concludes the incident. Witness provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #137746). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-06-17 → 2017-07-04