Light over Crest Hill, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
witnessed a very bright object shoot quickly across the middle of evening sky moving from southeast to northwest. Too high for a jet, not a shooting star. Not a satellite as they move west to east
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #162923). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2021-04-28 → 2021-05-15
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