Light over Pawnee, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Very bright orange rotating lights at just above ground level in open field directly behind row of houses. We woke up to bright flashing lights on our window. Went onto deck and could see a row of orange lights on ground and a globe like set of rotating lights about 20 feet from the row of lights on ground. Attempted to take picture with iPad and will email enlarged picture?
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #137792). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-12-12 → 2017-12-29