Sphere over Pekin, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I had just got off from work and headed home to Pekin Illinois. I was coming down Veterans Drive towards pekin and was slowing down next to Menards for the stop light. At that point I saw an extremely bright White Orb/Sphere randomly appear out of nowhere mid sky above the South Pekin area and hovered for about 2-3 seconds. It then shot towards the ground at an unbelievable speed. There appeared to be a white foggy circle around the object. This happened at 21:48. I was facing 188 Degrees South at the time I spotted the Orb/Sphere. I attempted to locate the object for approximately a half hour but was unable to spot it again. However I had noticed there were search lights in the sky that had started sometime after I had seen the object. They appeared to be coming from the North.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #172411). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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