Circle over Wilmette, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
White round light flying quick, like a shooting star, but closer to the earth. Flew with a low quick sweep east to west, then shot up to disappear in the sky. It was a very unusually clear night sky with many stars and
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #137397). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-11-20 → 2017-12-07
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May 11, 2003 · 11:10 PM · CIRCLE
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As I was sitting in my back yard it started to thunder, than I looked up and there was a circle in the sky than it disapeared.