Cross over Wilmington (near), IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Drive south bound on 53 past elwood almost to river rd. Isolated storm o my left I was takening a picture that it was just a small section all other clouds white fluffy sky blue. I looked again and saw a very bright white kinda looked like Saturn shape but light was shining off of it. It was going fast one direction with ball in front it slowed down ball down and went opposite direction ball back pointing direction it was going. I got out camera and of course hit a patch of trees saw nothing on otherside of trees. It was beautiful but shouldn't be happening.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #157829). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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