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Sightings
Witness reports, held as-reported. Each entry keeps its source, its coordinates where the record has them, and its place in the larger pattern.
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April 14, 2021 · 9:15 PM · FORMATION
Springfield, IL
I was looking up at the stars and just happened to see a very faint movement in the sky. Once my eyes focused, I could see what looked like a formation of very faint lights in a formation. I would say it was a v formation but it was more of a check mark as there were more to one side than the other, about 7 or 8 lights in total. They moved faster than any aircraft I’ve ever seen flying at what seemed such high altitude. I’ve seen shooting start, satellites, meteors and all sorts of aircraft flying in the night sky. Nothing I’ve seen has ever moved the way these lights were moving. I’m 100% convinced I saw either one big ufo or a cluster of multiple ufos.
April 11, 2021 · 10:00 AM · LIGHT
Palatine, IL
Three sporadically moving zig zagging lit objects just below the overcast dark clouds. Witnessed them mid morning for about 5 minutes in the Westerly skies. After approximately 5 minutes the three flying objects went straight up through the clouds and disappeared. I have no idea what this could have been.
April 4, 2021 · 9:53 PM · SPHERE
Quincy, IL
Bright white round light moving slowly from west to east sky then disappeared.
March 11, 2021 · 6:50 PM · SPHERE
Dixon, IL
Around 6:50pm : ball of bright light flying what appeared to be downward before disappearing completely right before it looked as if it was going to hit the ground. Wasn’t too far away from us and we didn’t hear any sound of crashing or engine noise. Everything seemed to be silent during and after sighting. We were driving through backroads surrendered by flat corn field land and didn’t see any type of crash. The orb seemed to disappear in thin air. It was a very bright light and seemed to be artificial light and led like. I would say the size of a basketball (maybe a tiny bit bigger). Hard to estimate though because of the speed it was flying at. We almost thought it was a shooting star falling from the sky (because we could see stars that night) but it was much bigger and much brighter. The light was not blinking and was moving in a straight line. It didn’t seem to have any glow to it and it didn’t leave any type of trail of light. It was a solid ball of w! hite light. We didn’t notice it until it came in view from the front windshield. We didn’t notice anything from the rear view or the side windows. This was not a cloudy night as the moon and all stars were visible. It was moving very fast... the actual sighting only happened in about a 3 second time frame. And the technological difficulties for about another 1 - 1 & 1/2 minutes. Although It did feel longer (more like a 10 minute time pass). Right before the sighting the bluetooth in my car cut out and my phone disconnected. It took a couple miles before we were able to reconnect and get the music to play again. That’s never happened before. We take these back roads to Dixon a lot and have never dealt with the bluetooth not working. Our phones also began to not work. We both had no signal for a couple miles before it kicked back in. My friend (the other witnesses) was unable to even unlock her phone. It seemed to have just froze. I was able to unlock my phone but had trouble! using voice text. It was severely misunderstanding what I was! saying. I called my sister after the sighting and she said whenever I was about to explain something the sound would cut off but she could hear me fine with everything else I said. Only when I started to explain what we had saw. I did not feel sick before, during or after the sighting and neither did my friend who was in the car with me. We both did not feel dizzy or any type of tingling. My friend, an alien skeptic, has no explanation for what we saw. Me, a huge alien believer, knows what we saw. It appeared to have technological advances that just are not known to us. It was a “man made” light flying at unbelievable speeds before disappearing right in front of our eyes. And the unexpected technological difficulties made the sighting even more real to us.
March 9, 2021 · 9:04 PM · LIGHT
Palatine, IL
I often go outside to shoot pictures of the stars, planets and Moon. On March 9 it was very clear outside, so I went out to shoot some time-lapse images of the stars. From 21:04 to 22:10 I shot about 33 photos, most at a :30 second shutter. Upon review of the first photo of the night, and only the first photo, there is erratic movement in the sky during the :30 second shot. This shot is pointing South by Southwest, and the unidentified object draws a bouncing line from point to point. Maybe this is a common camera abnormality, but I am not familiar with it. While the camera is stationary, and shows all the stars and trees in the background to be stationary, this object moved around the shot in the :30 second shutter time. Of the other 30+ shots I took that night, I don’t see anything else like this, including the shots in the same direction that I took shortly after the first. I hope you can tell me what this is? I can provide other images from that ! night, if you think it could help.
March 6, 2021 · 10:50 PM · DIAMOND
Kingston, IL
My boyfriend and I headed to bed around 10:50 pm he went to bed first I fed my son then was going into bed when I noticed out our window facing east a bright light that was changing colors it had to of been in Genoa Illinois. I sat there for a few minutes watching it unsure if it was a helicopter but it wasn't moving and it also wouldn't have been so bright so I told my boyfriend to look out the window to see he also was clueless in what we are seeing. A few more minutes go by and it just disappeared. Very strange this is the 2nd time I've seen this but the first time someone else seen it with me so this time im reporting it.
February 23, 2021 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Willowbrook, IL
Observed a light outside my sounds window. light was coming from top and bottom of vehicle. Stayed stationary or moved short distances. My husband and three children also observed it. My husband also took a video.
February 23, 2021 · 4:40 AM · TRIANGLE
Normal, IL
Triangle of 3 lights
February 3, 2021 · 8:13 PM · CIRCLE
Mattoon, IL
While watching television I heard a strange sound from outside my house. When I looked outside there was a circular light flashing green and yellow that flew past my house disappearing just above the tree line across the street. As a mother of one this was very surprising.
January 12, 2021 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
Belleville, IL
We stood outside for a minute watching the 2nd helicopter and looking across the sky to see what they were following. That is when an overhead star I was directly looking at started to move. It was much higher than the two helicopters and it started flying south too, but then turned up into the sky and disappeared into the distance.
January 9, 2021 · 8:00 AM · CYLINDER
Bloomingdale, IL
It was right above walmart store,maybe this was their computer? seemed to pose no threat. some customers could see? are these ufo's dumb? silent but stould still without moving.
January 5, 2021 · 6:15 AM · FLASH
Essex, IL
I am a low level government employee and I just made it to work and was about to park my car, I was waiting for a vehicle to move out of my parking spot, while waiting, there was a short flash of light that at first I ignored and played it off like it was lightening, then about 5 seconds later a bigger flash of light happened and I stuck my head out the window but I couldn't see a source, this one changed colors, blue, green, pink, white, maybe lasted for 5 to 10 seconds and was gone. My delivery driver was behind me so when she came in I asked her if she saw that? And I pointed to the sky and she said yes and told me at first she thought it was lightening also, I needed her to verify that I was not crazy!!! Neither of us can figure out what the source was and I figured I should report it.
January 3, 2021 · 11:00 PM · DISK
Flat Rock, IL
There was an orange light that was hovering. I went further out into my yard and I could then see some blue, green, and red lights. It seemed to be partly covered by clouds but what I made out was a saucer shape with a dome on top. I came inside for a bit to warm up and when I went back out it was gone. I then seen that a friend of mine on facebook that lives about 7 miles away posted asking if any one had seen green lights falling from the sky.
December 24, 2020 · 1:15 AM · SPHERE
Aurora, IL
Around 1:16 A.M., I was heading west down Montgomery Rd., just passing Middleburry Dr. The sky was dark and cloudy; the clouds themselves were low. Just above the clouds, I noticed a glowing orb/light traveling east towards my car. With no one behind me, I decided to slow down so that I could get a better look. The object itself was low enough that the light emitting from it was peeking through, almost like a flashlight under a blanket. It maintained a slow but constant speed for about 3-5 seconds, then accelerated into a rapid zig-zag pattern before shooting off into the distance and disappearing almost instantly. I’ve lived in this city for 22 years and I’ve never seen anything like this. It’s common to see commercial airliners flying in this area, however the rapid zig-zag patterns and the speed transition I witnessed are absolutely impossible to replicate with any aircraft of that size. The object was also significantly smaller and flying at a much lower altitude.
December 17, 2020 · 4:30 AM · OVAL
Quincy, IL
A group of people were watching an RC car when me and 1 other person witnessed a hovering white oval. It did not leave a trail and when it went behind a tree it disappeared. Nobody but myself and another seen it.
December 15, 2020 · 11:00 AM · DISK
Chicago, IL
I saw a shiny object from my window in high rise apartment in downtown Chicago. Object was moving around and seemed to be heading West (my view faces North). At first I thought it could be a balloon that was shining from the sun reflection but it seemed bigger and decided to get it on video. After zooming in and further analyzing the video it looks like a saucer/disk/ship. It went fast, I was able to look at it for about 10-15 seconds before grabbing my phone and recording it a 6 second video before it disappeared from my field of vision. As you can see in the video the object maneuvered and did some kind of flip in which you can see the bottom angle of the disk as well. I would like to note that I saw a helicopter flying in the distance shortly after seeing the object (might be unrelated but mentioning just in case), the helicopter was not flying on the same direction where I saw the UFO.
December 10, 2020 · 8:06 PM · LIGHT
Chicago, IL
So I was out walking my dog and I was looking at the sky because I’m in love with the universe and we’re outside for about 15 mins. We begin to walk back home headed east, the sky is clear you can see every single star. I continue to stare at the sky and I noticed what I thought was a shooting star. I instantly thought no way I’ve never seen a shooting star my whole life. The ball of light went straight and picked up an immense amount of speed it leaving behind a white tail of light as it travelled across the sky. All of a sudden the light disappeared like it went behind a curtain and the tail followed behind and disappeared into the night sky. I can only describe the visualization as it possibly opened a portal and disappeared once inside taking the tail of light with it. I’ve never seen something travel across the sky like this! It cleared 2/3 of my field of vision in what felt like two seconds.
December 6, 2020 · 7:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Northbrook, IL
Ufo was spotted near grocery store by friend while walking dog, it was night out and they saw the lights on the ufo, and said it looked as if it was in a box shape
December 4, 2020 · 6:45 PM · FORMATION
Mc Henry, IL
We were heading west on Route 120 just west of McHenry in Northern Illinois at approximated 18:45 on 04-Dec-2020. Approximately 12-15 white dots in a straight line (resembling lines on pavement) at a 45 degree angle pointing southwest appeared in the southwestern sky. The line did not move and remained stationary for about 3 minutes or more and then all lights vanished. There were no clouds present and it was very clear. We were not able to get a photo, as we were driving and there was heavy traffic. The cars in front of us were swerving as they apparently saw it, too.
December 4, 2020 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
Probable conventionalBeecher, IL
While on a walk, we witnessed 20-30 small lights in a row, perfectly spaced out and silent, going at the same rate of speed from west to east. Viewed for 5 or so minutes, then vanished. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
December 4, 2020 · 6:00 PM · FORMATION
Granite City, IL
I walked outside in the back yard and looked up and noticed a string of lights approximately 20 or more and they were white in color and in a straight formation. I'm not sure but I would say that they were approximately 40 feet or more in between each of them. I did not hear any noise from them and ran in to get my wife who also witnessed this. I grabbed my iPad and tried to record it but it was unsuccessful. Soon after the lights rose up and vanished out of sight.
December 4, 2020 · 5:45 PM · UNKNOWN
Brookfield, IL
Walked outside to take my dog out. Looked up at the sky and saw several things that looked like stars moving across the sky to the south in a shallow arc. They seemed to appear out of nowhere at a point in the sky, travelled for a distance and disappeared in the same manner. I knocked on the window and waved for my parents to come outside. My mom came out and saw the same thing. I don't know how long it was going on for but I caught the last minute or two of the event. I've seen planes lined up waiting to be called into an airport. These lights were too high, moving too fast, and too close together to be that.
December 3, 2020 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
springfield, IL
saw a vertical line of 6 lights that were equidistant apart rising in the distant sky. They appeared to disappear into the clouds slowly one at a time from the highest to the lowest.
December 3, 2020 · 6:30 PM · OTHER
Springfield, IL
Saw between 20-30 diagonally aligned lights that looked like stars. They were southwest of Springfield, Il. They did not move but after no more that 2 minutes, most were gone. They just disappeared leaving 4 or 5. Shortly after, those were gone, too. There were no blinking or colored lights. They just looked like stars. There was no sound.