Light over Bloomington, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
2 lights, about 4 to 6 inches apart from eye view, just over the roof of our garage in the eastern sky. Went over central Illinois regional airport. I first thought they was stars, but they were brighter than any other star in the sky. At I thought wow wth stars are those? But then quickly noticed they were moving. Ran through the house to see better and they disappeared over the tree line. Clearly, was no plane, although there were other planes in the vicinity. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #136637). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-10-05 → 2017-10-22
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