Fireball over Chicago height, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Look in the sky saw something move very fast. It look like a red fire with a glow outline. Wasn't a plane . It was going east in Chicago height Illinois. And then it disappeared. But was flying slow at first then move very fast and then disappeared.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #168763). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
Ask for the records
What would the paper say?
For a dated, located U.S. sighting, FAA radar data and ATC communications are the records most likely to exist. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.
Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-06-17 → 2022-07-04