Light over Troy Grove, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
There was a line of very noticeable lights traveling north east over middle Illinois. There were 20-25 lights in a very evenly spaced straight line. After about what I would call 4-5 mins they would disappear in the same spot and same way they showed up.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #151869). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-12-19 → 2020-01-05