Light over Heyworth, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I originally thought it was a red light, possibly a tower beacon. However, after observing for a few seconds I thought it moved. As we watched, it appeared to move upward again but very slightly so I was unsure it moved. Then, I saw a discernable movement, up and somewhat spiraled. It then slowly continued upward until it was above the line of sight from the window. My wife got up and went to the patio door and saw it go up,overhead and vanish from her line of sight. She looks that way every night, although she has seen what she described as strange objects, she has not seen this discernable of an unexpalinable light before.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #139620). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-04-22 → 2018-05-09
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