Light over Peoria, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
On October 7th, 2023 my daughters, best friend and I were making smores in the backyard and I looked up and noticed a light and said “what is that”. We all looked in the sky and see behind the clouds was a light. It looked like a flashlight was being shined in the sky, then more started to appear in various speeds and patterns. We eventually went inside after taking videos and pictures because we were scared. [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Possible]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #178749). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-10-04 → 2023-10-21
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August 27, 2022 · 9:01 PM · CYLINDER
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A cylindrical object appeared in my north east facing window which attracted my attention because of its brightness and color and smooth motion. I went to look out the back door of my house and watch as it headed northwest briefly but it quickly faded and was lost to sight. It was unusual because of its shape and brightness and orange color, but also because it appeared to have two dangling legs that were bright and orange also. Not something I have seen before. It move quickly but not like a meteor more like the speed of the ISS when it flies over. It appeared bigger so I assume at a low altitude. It seemed to have some twinkling or movement to the light. It was traveling southeast to northwest. I have seen Chinese lanterns before. Could be a new and improved model but the whole thing seemed to be reflecting light? No center burning look. Just unusual and that is why I am reporting. No time to get a photo unfortunately. It would be nice to know if anyone else in the area saw it.
April 14, 2022 · 1:30 AM · FIREBALL
Peoria, IL
I grew up in the area until 21 years of age and was always fascinated in the night sky and would say I’m familiar with stars, moon, comets, satellites, aircraft, and such. I even know what a Chinese floating lantern looks like. What I saw this night at around 1:30 am wasn’t anything I’ve ever seen before. A friend and I were working late night on a car in the garage and I went out to grab a part that was needed from my car. I called for my friend to come outside to see this and he can not explain what it was either as it too was something he has never seen before either. It was a glowing ball of fire the size of my thumbnail at arms length. It wasn’t omitting any noise and the orb was pulsating lightly heading to the East and with a wide sweeping arc slowly turned and headed to the Northwestern direction. It did not have a red or green blinking light like aircraft have and certainly was not a helicopter with a search beam. Again, a glowing reddish orange fireball making no noise and floated slowly changing direction to almost 180degree in which it came from and disappeared out of sight. I know that what this object I was looking at was a UAP/UFO. I hope this helps with recent sighting and for the location.
April 11, 2022 · 4:31 PM · TRIANGLE
Peoria, IL
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July 11, 2020 · 6:00 PM · CIRCLE
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July 3, 2020 · 2:26 AM · FLASH
Peoria, IL
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