Unknown over Orland Hills, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
A large, green/teal brightly lit craft appeared for 1-2 seconds flying very quickly across the sky and disappeared. It was much larger then air planes flying at the same time, but it was hard to see how far up it was. Some planes were even with it at height I would estimate, others well above it. As I was watching the sky it appeared from nowhere, and disappeared into nothing. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #135522). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-07-29 → 2017-08-15
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