As reported

Sphere over Marion, IL

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The report, as filed

While doing runway inspections spotted crafts to the west toward the town of carterville/ Carbondale moving horizontally to the north then upward into clouds. There were 7 total objects but my camera only could pick up 2 of them the rest could only be seen with the naked eye. No air traffic on local freq or on ADSB Weather METAR at the time reported METAR KMWA 020155Z AUTO 17005KT 10SM SCT050 OVC060 24/24 A2985 RMK A02 T02370235

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #176554). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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