Sphere over Johnsburg, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Me, my boyfriend, and his mom were sitting outside on the Fox River having a bonfire and noticed 3 orange balls of light in the sky in a triangular formation. They were then followed by 4 more, 1 by 1, over the trees across the river from east to west. Altitude could not be determined nor could size. Definitely not known aircraft or drones. Disappeared without going into cloud cover. They were in the sky long enough for his mom to run and get binoculars and we could make out a definite structure to the “spheres.” So cool!
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #149356). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-09-11 → 2019-09-28
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