Circle over Sycamore, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Then the beam dimmed and only a residual of that light was on, about 8 stragglers followed behind.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #164664). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2021-09-12 → 2021-09-29
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