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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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July 4, 2020 · 10:34 PM · SPHERE
Greenville, IL
There I was, sitting on the dock of the cove. I was minding my own business, enjoying some tobacco and the company of people around me. All of a sudden, within the Southwest night sky, a spherical, red craft appeared. The craft was moving steadily at approx. 4.8 knots. The craft traveled approx. 0.8 nautical miles across the sky.
July 4, 2020 · 9:34 PM · SPHERE
Plainfield, IL
As per my previous report, I just filmed a red UFO in my backyard. I came into the house, went upstairs to put my bird inside. I looked out the front window and saw a very very bright light outside and the sky in front of the house. I immediately went downstairs went out the front door, and began to videotape the object. I have extensive footage video. When I was observing it it was at least 20 minutes. are times I videotaped and other times I just stared up at it. It seemed to change colors. It was initially White, but then it looked like it had like rays of colors coming down from it. It moved, it was way too big to be a drone. Much too bright in the way it maneuvered it definitely was not a done. Actually I layed down on my driveway drivto try to hold my camera steady. It was right up above the street. It almost appeared to be watching the fireworks. 5 doors down my neighbors are blowing off fireworks with their kids. after observing this orb for a period of about 20 minutes I walked over there and ask them if they could see it and I pointed at it they were amazed. Three adult males and three adult females and one child witness this event. I believe at least one person video taped it. it had moved from where it was when I initially saw it almost to have followed me and as soon as they put up their phones to videotape it it shot off into the distance and then dropped straight down find that houses. This event happened within just a few minutes of the previous Avant all right orb and the backyard. Will send link to photos still shots video. Thanks Denise
July 4, 2020 · 9:12 PM · SPHERE
Plainfield, IL
I was sitting in my backyard the night of July 4th watching fireworks. I saw a red light above my head at first I thought it was a drone, but the way it moved no drawn that I know of can move like that. It moved back and forth up and down sharp angles and very quickly. I went to grab my cell phone to capture it on video. By the time I pulled my camera up, it appeared to be hiding behind a cloud. I could see a faint red orb. then from behind the cloud I saw a bunch of flashing multi-colored lights like a strobe disco light. I came out from behind the cloud and I was videoing it or trying to. I followed it, it started to move away as soon as I started recording it. I followed it for several yards I think. The orb went straight back went straight back and then dropped straight down next to the Moon I also saw a flash of something out of the corner of my eye on the right hand side but I was busy trying to video the red orb. I examined the video and there are cle! arly three objects in some of the frame 1 being the Moon, two other objects unknown. literally 5 minutes after this encounter I brought my bird inside the house without the front window I saw a bright white light in front of the house and I will make a separate report for that sighting that one there were several adult witnesses and a couple of children. I have extensive footage of that for that event lasted about 30 minutes. I have both still shots and video.
July 3, 2020 · 4:23 AM · CROSS
Naperville, IL
While photographing Venus, Aldebaran, Pleiades and Hyades this morning an "airplane" passed over. I saved at copy of the image at: https://bit.ly/_interesting_image_200703 Later when I looked at the image I saw a shape that I did not recognize. The object is to the left of the Pleiades, at the top left of this image. In this image the object is largest with the best focus. The craft left a trail and it (the trail) appears to be like that of an airplane in later images. The object passed Venus and went into toward the horizon. The object and trail are a sequence of images that last over 3 minutes.
July 3, 2020 · 2:26 AM · FLASH
Peoria, IL
Around 230am in peoria illinois, a witness observed a flashing light in the sky that seemed to be changing colors rapidly. The witness called me over and I seen the bright multicolored light as well. We were amazed because of the bright colors that seemed to be flashing and continued to look at what resembled a flashing colorful star. As we observed the object we both watched it rotate and even noticed it get closer and further away. In addition to the changing distance between us and the object, it looked as if it was darting from side to side, dipping, and elevating. We watched this for at least an hour. Eventually the light got further away and lower in the sky and dimmed out. Witness 1 is a 50 year old Male who does not believe in aliens or UFOs and he brought the object to my attention immediately. I am a 30 year old female who has not experienced such a thing but have always been interested in the unexplained. We were in the back yard playing cards whe! n this happened. Witness 1 was actually so perplexed that he called 911. I couldnt get a photo. Peoria IL July 3rd 2020
July 2, 2020 · 10:18 PM · UNKNOWN
Galesburg, IL
Something really freaky has been happening to me and my girlfriend. There's a pretty large lake hearing Galesburg. We like to go on walks at night out there and never had any problems other than raccoons pestering us. So about 2 weeks ago we get to this really dark part of the trails that's kind of deeper in the woods. And we heard something very large falling like it's going to land on our heads. I yanked her out of the way and look back and see something almost hit the ground but don't. I don't know how else to explain it but then it was gone. I chalked it up as Shadows playing tricks on me or something. She thought it was weird and she doesn't believe in anything paranormal, UFO, or spiritual related. Then a few days after that we are walking again and something very similar happens you can hear something dripping through the trees kind of violently. Every time we just kind of brush it off but we're really freaked out. So then just a few days ago we go ou! t walking again and get to the same exact spot on the trail. And we look up and there is something about 4 ft tall standing maybe 30 feet in front of us. At first I thought it might have possibly been a deer but she seen it too. I told her to give me her flashlight really fast. She gave it to me I shined up it was no deer. Before I could even get a flashlight on it this thing was ripping through the woods at a very fast pace. I don't know who to call. The police would all think I'm a crazy person and I don't want to jeopardize my family. Unless there is a methed out naked midget in the woods throwing stuff and stalking us I don't know what else to say. We are really freaked out. We have encountered something in the same spot three different times. This location is the Deep spot of the Woods at Lake Storey on the far end like you were heading out towards the country. I know whoever is reading this probably thinks I'm a nut and I would too. I've talked to a few people and one person told me to call you all.
June 25, 2020 · 7:00 AM · CYLINDER
Fox Lake, IL
It was shinny, but had black in the bottom. No wings. No clouds or anything else in the sky. I pulled over, got out of me car and it was gone.
June 24, 2020 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Chicago Heights, IL
Yesterday driving home after leaving my friends home I noticed lights eyes level in the sky coming my way. Once I looked up my heart started to panic. I’ve seen ufo’s before but never as close as they were yesterday. One light after another. They were bright as a Roman candle but stayed in a straight line. It was overwhelming and nervous af. I saw at least thirty or them. I am not exaggerating. They were close to each other. Very close. I know air traffic control wouldn’t have approved if they were planes. But they couldn’t have been. You couldn’t hear anything. Just light after light. They were headed east towards Indiana. I never been religious but after yesterday I believe everything we hear about. God, Heavens earth, dinosaur, aliens, UFO’s are real. 2020 has been a hell of a year. These stimulus checks won’t help at all if they decide to truly invade us. The government is a lie. They don’t tell us the truth
June 15, 2020 · 3:00 AM · LIGHT
Edwardsville, IL
We had been stargazing and using an app on our phone to see what was in the sky. up and to the right of Jupiter, there was a light that caught my eye. The sky was completely clear it had the same color as a star but having seen shooting stars I know it didn’t behave like one or move the speed of it, nor was it an airplane I’ve seen hundreds of those but it just stopped moving along the sky and dimmed out, it seemed very high and didn’t travel a great distance from what it seemed but so strange it just disappeared. I know there were no clouds and it was between two stars so I know nothing was construed it just stopped moving and dimmed out where it stopped.
June 11, 2020 · 7:21 PM · LIGHT
Bartlett, IL
Observed in the western sky a bright object with a bright steady glow with no movement. for 2 to 3 mintues. It was at the 11 o'clock position to the setting sun. The object than just disappeared no dimming or fading at all. The sky was clear with no cloud cover. This was the brightest object in the western sky other than the setting sun. No commercial or private planes in that section of the sky. I have previous law enforcement background. I am also a ham radio operator and a trained weather spotter. I own my own business which is a reporting service that uses mobile apps and pictures to report what we see.
June 10, 2020 · 9:12 PM · LIGHT
Waterman, IL
It is shortly after 9pm and the final glows of dusk were in the western sky. I was driving home eastbound on Route 30 all surrounded by farmland. As I began turning south onto Leland Rd I saw a flying craft with 3 lights - red, white, and green. The red and green lights were on the left and right sides, respectively. They alternate blinking at a constant rate of about a half second each. The white light was between in the middle and constant. The silhouette of the actual craft was hard to discern nehind the lights against the sky. Shortly after turning onto Leland Rd I pulled my car to the side of the road about half a mile from HO-KA Turkeys and parked. I exit my vehicle and observe the craft moving west from Leland Rd at an estimated 500 ft from the surface at a notable speed. There is virtually no noise in the area, and no sounds from the craft. At about a half mile from Leland Rd the craft turned southward and continued at a constant speed. I get in my c! ar and continue to drive south toward home, following the craft ahead of me to the right. I only begin to gain on it after speeding up to 60 mph or so. Shortly after I began getting closer to the craft it turns eastward back toward and over Leland Rd at a very fast speed. It continues in that direction until it is no longer viewable to me from my car windows. I continued toward home.
June 5, 2020 · 11:30 AM · CYLINDER
Mchenry, IL
A bright red object traveling like a plane going southwest. As I watched, a red spark rained downward from The object and the object kept going. Weirdest thing I have ever saw.
June 2, 2020 · 9:42 PM · LIGHT
Sesser, IL
I saw a solid non-flashing light traveling slowly to the southeast before I lost sight of it after about 15 seconds or so and
June 1, 2020 · 10:45 PM · LIGHT
Morris, IL
I was sitting on my couch and i looked right out the window and saw this very very bright beaming light in the sky and it was just glowing really bright and then it started to fade, all in the same spot. And then the glowing bright light turned into red, green, and orange/yellow blinking lights and the craft moved toward Chicago. I would have thought it was just a plane if i had not seen it glowing like it was before.
May 29, 2020 · 10:00 PM · RECTANGLE
Oquawka, IL
Observed a single rectangular aircraft traveling from east to west maintaining a altitude of approximately 15,000 ft or less at roughly 200mph. Estimated size to be equivalent to that of a U.S. Navy super carrier with relative shape. Craft had no wings and made no sound. white light bar perpendicular to craft orientation at front and rear with red strobe at center. At one point craft was directly overhead and showed distinct silhouette against clear night sky at this point what appeared to be a satellite passed above craft moving southeast to northeast at extremely high rate of speed. Then passed infront of lit portion of moon showing very clear outline. Duration 3-5 minutes. Checked air traffic maps. No commercial or private aircraft in the area though assumed resource possibly unreliable in any case.
May 25, 2020 · 12:30 AM · LIGHT
Manito, IL
What appeared to be a star was noted by one observer, stating that it looked to be blinking. As we turned our attention to the "star" it began to cover a distance across the horizon as it blinked (it never moved while lit up, it would disappear and show up further away). The light then blinked in a downward zig-zag pattern, then straight down toward the treeline, where it faded from sight.
May 24, 2020 · 9:52 PM · LIGHT
Winfield, IL
Slow moving object with flashing red/white lights (not red and green like planes, I know bc we live near the airport and see planes all of the time and this was different). The sound was a very deep almost like white noise/humming sound that also did not sound like a plane or helicopter and was most startling. I'm basing my judgment on the fact that we live near airports and also Central DuPage Hospital and see airplanes and helicopters very frequently. The object was at first seemingly still in the East and then moved right (South) and left (North). I'm sharing this bc my gut instinct was that this is different and didn't seem normal.
May 22, 2020 · 9:10 AM · OVAL
Ottawa, IL
Ottawa Illinois. Corner of W McKinley and Dairy Ln looking west. Friday May 22 2020 at about 0910. Took pictures of cloud formations. Did not see any objects in pictures until I stopped the vehicle about 30 seconds after taking pictures. The first picture shows what I believe to be a bird. The second and third pictures show something else. The object just looked like a white spot. Didn’t seem to be a cloud. When zoomed though...... it sure the heck looks like the navy tic-tac to me. First pic taken through windshield. 2nd and 3rd taken with no obstructions.
May 15, 2020 · 9:30 PM · CHANGING
Mokena, IL
My husband and I walked out of our home and began walking together eastward towards our neighbor’s home. We approached their house and went around back to their deck. As we stood on their deck talking, we were facing their home (south). Approximately 10 minutes after our arrival, we saw this extremely bright, pulsating object appear over their roofline moving west to east/northeast at a somewhat steady pace from what we could tell. It was about the size of a golf ball held at arm’s length. When my husband first set eyes on it, he saw it as a spinning sphere-shaped object. When I looked at it initially, it was an odd shape – like a rectangle with a circle at one end. It was not a Chinese lantern, satellite, or anything else familiar to us. It was difficult to tell how far away or above us it was. As we faced south, it appeared to the southwest at a 40-degree angle from us. We did not see any lights on it that would indicate it was an aircraft (red, green, or strobe lights), and it was silent. It was sphere-shaped, bright white with other purple-blue flashes of color and appeared to be pulsing and spinning. It was difficult to focus on with! your eyes to see any distinguishing features. Our friend tried opening a Stargazer app on her phone to see if it showed as a satellite, and had trouble getting her phone to cooperate. While that was going on, which was maybe 3-5 seconds, I looked back towards the sphere/light and noticed the object changed altitude somehow when it was about 90-degrees in front of us. It was now about the size of a dime held at arm’s length and about to pass behind a tree in the next neighbor’s yard. My husband had been trying to video the object when it was closer but the camera app crashed and he had to reopen the app and try again. He jumped up onto the deck bench to have a higher perspective and was able to begin the video recording after it passed behind the tree. The object was now to our left (southeast) at a 20-degree angle from us and at a much higher altitude. The sighting lasted a total of about a minute before it disappeared to the east-northeast at an 80 to 90-degree angle from our position. After zooming in on his video later, and watching it frame by frame, it was morphing between shapes and colors mentioned above. He took screenshots from the zoomed-in video, and took a screen recording of the original video zoomed-in on his iPhone. My husband is an engineer, has an FAA Airframe & Powerplant license, and is an amateur drone pilot. I work in accounting and was once a private pilot.
May 15, 2020 · 9:25 PM · LIGHT
Forest Park, IL
From my 5th floor balcony a single white light, no sound, from the South moving slowly North. Through binoculars I noted no other lights. Not an airplane. No other air traffic due to Covid. Light stopped and moved East and into cloud cover. Saw again momentarily in the cloud break. Sending video.
May 11, 2020 · 12:00 AM · DISK
Kirkland, IL
I live in a small and i was watching tv and all the sudden i hear a wierd buzz i look out side my window and then there is a disk covered in lights it goes towards the stars and it goes until I can't see it anymore. Report submitted by you, student-age, male. PD
May 8, 2020 · 1:00 PM · LIGHT
Oak Park, IL
A friend of mine sent this video to me on 05/08/2020, taken either that day or the day before midday. I uploaded it to youtube but left it unlisted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIukJ-4R1co&feature=youtu.be As you can see, my friend recorded a flickering light that moved slowly across the sky for around a minute.
May 4, 2020 · 10:53 PM · DISK
Aledo, IL
I apologize for the screen in the way. Recorded by my security camera facing the north. This is my neighborhood. I have seen several more but Tim from MUFON keeps dismissing them.
May 4, 2020 · 12:54 AM · LIGHT
Collinsville, IL
While on a walk with a friend of mine I was looking up at the stars and noticed one move slightly downwards and then return to its position. I stopped dead in my tracks and had my friend verify what I was seeing. Upon further inspection, we swa multiple lights in that region change from red, blue, and green for a brief moment. There was also a moment where what appeared to be a purplish distortion that resembled a nebula around one of the lights. They seemed to shoot around at incredible speed but always returned to their original position. Obviously startled we looked online to see if anyone was seeing what we saw and all I could find were reports of Starlink sattelites but I am slow to accept this as an answer because of the randomness of the movements observed. I plan on trying to find a telescope to observe better.