Chevron over Lake Zurich, IL

The report, as filed

Night of April 1, 2019, around 11:58 pm ending no later than April 2, 12:02 am. I was travelling North bound (NW) on Old McHenry Rd in Lake Zurich, IL, past Twin Orchard Country Club on my right and then past Heron Creek Forest Preserve. After I crossed Rt 22 (Half Day Rd) I had noticed some white lights low in the sky on my left above the Kemper Lake in the Golf Course. As I I realized the lights were not the type one could see on the commercial aircraft I pulled over and watched them approach. The object was travelling east (SE). The object had a massive “grill” in front and it emanated red glow in the shape of a horizontal rectangle. There were two light areas symmetrically placed on both sides of the red “grill”. I can’t tell what was the size of the “grill”, but the total distance between the white lights areas (on opposite sides of the “grill”) was approx. 120 meters. The object was emitting very low hum. I had seen strange lights (glowing white points) in the area before (going back to 2017), but had never seen anything this big with the red grill and the sound.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #145526). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.