Light over Manito, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
What appeared to be a star was noted by one observer, stating that it looked to be blinking. As we turned our attention to the "star" it began to cover a distance across the horizon as it blinked (it never moved while lit up, it would disappear and show up further away). The light then blinked in a downward zig-zag pattern, then straight down toward the treeline, where it faded from sight.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #157630). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-05-22 → 2020-06-08
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