Rectangle over Calhoun, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
There was three people that saw this and there was two planes went by it and then disappeared right before our eyes. The light was bright then dim then disappeared then came back did the same thing then it disappeared and then it came back for the third time.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #141589). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-05-17 → 2018-06-03