Circle over Galesburg, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
It started with someone seeing it out in my front yard, and then notifying me to come look. When I went outside, there was about 10 flying objects in the shape of a circle with no flashing lights, and a white light in the middle. Most of them were flying north-east, but I spotted one heading south-east. They were all flying at the exact same speed and appeared out of no where. Three were flying in a triangle like formation, while others were following behind the formation. They had no sound. It was sort of cloudy, but they were able to be seen with no squinting of the eye.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #156220). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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April 16, 2019 · 9:30 PM · FIREBALL
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