Rectangle over Oquawka, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Observed a single rectangular aircraft traveling from east to west maintaining a altitude of approximately 15,000 ft or less at roughly 200mph. Estimated size to be equivalent to that of a U.S. Navy super carrier with relative shape. Craft had no wings and made no sound. white light bar perpendicular to craft orientation at front and rear with red strobe at center. At one point craft was directly overhead and showed distinct silhouette against clear night sky at this point what appeared to be a satellite passed above craft moving southeast to northeast at extremely high rate of speed. Then passed infront of lit portion of moon showing very clear outline. Duration 3-5 minutes. Checked air traffic maps. No commercial or private aircraft in the area though assumed resource possibly unreliable in any case.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #156787). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-05-26 → 2020-06-12
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