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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.
3,749 entries
September 19, 2019 · 7:50 PM · SPHERE
Forest Park, IL
I sky watch all the time from my balcony, and am familiar with, and often see, planes and helicopters. This was neither. Also, it attracted my sight because I have never seen a conventional aircraft flying in that pattern.
September 19, 2019 · 6:00 AM · TEARDROP
Chicago, IL
Upside Down Teardrop UFO While I went to park my car at my manufacturing job in the morning.I noticed this brown, tan like teardrop shaped UFO in the sky. It almost looked like a blimp but its clearly not. It was just hovering across the parking lot in the daylight. So I also took a video clip of it.
September 16, 2019 · 9:25 AM · LIGHT
Round lake beach, IL
was taking a ride to go and pick up furniture and on my way back driving through round lake beach, IL I seen 3 lights in the sky and they caught my attention and I was looking at the 3 lights in the sky and thinking to myself that’s not an airplane, Airplanes don’t fly that close to each other and the light in the sky weren’t moving in fast pace as a airplane would so I started recording and I seen one by one slowly disappear in the sky/clouds I was very amazed! I thought it was fake at first until I rewatched the video clipping I had got of the 3 lights and I thought to myself that’s NOT airplanes !!
September 15, 2019 · 12:00 AM
Chicago, IL
Observed 2019 Sept one high speed aircraft leaving con trail 63 at Harlem due west 35000 ft maybe less fuel consumption real fast 45 minutes later 180 degrees other direction observed through tree canopy a white sphere trailing the trail left by the high speed aircraft west then stopped and squiggles away left and right and disappeared .
September 14, 2019 · 10:22 PM · SPHERE
Johnsburg, IL
Me, my boyfriend, and his mom were sitting outside on the Fox River having a bonfire and noticed 3 orange balls of light in the sky in a triangular formation. They were then followed by 4 more, 1 by 1, over the trees across the river from east to west. Altitude could not be determined nor could size. Definitely not known aircraft or drones. Disappeared without going into cloud cover. They were in the sky long enough for his mom to run and get binoculars and we could make out a definite structure to the “spheres.” So cool!
September 14, 2019 · 10:00 PM · EGG
Troy, IL
Orange globe caught my eye almost directly overhead but off to the west about 20 degrees. Going NNE about as fast as a helicopter might travel. No sound at all. The orange color was not steady. The light shining was changing in brightness within the globe.
September 13, 2019 · 8:58 PM · CIRCLE
Downers Grove, IL
Six Circular shaped objects of various colors. Some multi colored green and red, some white, one solid red. Appeared in the sky moving west to east over Downers Grove, Il. Moving fast but silently. Appx. 20:58. First white one appeared alone followed momentarily by four others of various colors in a sort of triangular pattern and maybe minute and a half later by last solid white one. Best guess altitude appx. 20/30 thousand feet. Hard to tell at night.
September 13, 2019 · 7:24 PM · CIRCLE
Aurora, IL
I tried to watch it as close as I could, and I followed it with my eyes, until a tree covered my view. I went around the tree, still staring up at the sky I search of the mysterious object, but I never found it. The last few things I remember are that the object was round, almost shaped like a star. It even twinkled. But it was just so fast, and moved so strangely, I'm absolutely positive that this was a UFO. Unfortunately, I was the only witness this phenomenon. However, my cousins were there when this happened. I tried to show them, but they dismissed it as a mere shooting star. I'm sure it was a UFO, though. Please keep in mind that I am a mere child, and that I would not like to receive any mail to my address. Sorry for any inconvenience. However, I do accept voicemails and emails. I cannot receive calls since I am almost always busy. I do hope that my age does not interfere with any thing, as I am thoroughly astounded by the experience that I went through. Thank you for your time. Warm Regards, ((girl's name deleted))
September 11, 2019 · 12:00 PM
Springfield, IL
Source of report includes no information. Anonymous report. PD
September 11, 2019 · 9:00 AM · SPHERE
Chicago, IL
I was on a commercial jet on final approach into Midway airport near Chicago. We were Over Lake Michigan at approximately 1k feet and I saw what I thought was a white bird Like a seagull flying above the water going in the opposite direction as the plane. As it got closer I noticed that it was not a bird but rather a white ball shaped object flying at a steady rate. There were no propellers or any type of exhaust or thrust producing mechanisms. It just moved under the plane at a steady rate. It’s difficult to determine an exact size because it was below me and appeared by be ~ 20 fee above the water. If I Were to guess I would say 2-3 ft. in diameter. I have never see a UFO in my life, I’m not sure what this was but it was very strange. No one else on the plane made a comment that I could hear.
August 30, 2019 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Metropolis, IL
We heard the humming noise, we seen the craft hover, descend, an ascend above a treeline.. An we seen a ball of light hovering, growing an shrinking before descending behind the treeline. We witnessed the WHOLE event an it lasted 5-7 mins. An the next morning was even crazier when the military showed up. This was NOT a hoax, an my wife, my daughter, an myself was all sober. An none of us have any mental problems. This really happened!!!
August 30, 2019 · 5:08 AM · SPHERE
Metropolis, IL
On the morning of August 30, 2019, while traveling north on I-57 near the town of Metropolis, IL, I witnessed something in the night sky. I saw a spherical object traveling at a high rate of speed from right to left (east to west). The sphere seemed to emit its own light. A silvery white light. The movement was perfectly horizontal having no arc. The light was a constant level of brightness neither fading in or out. The sphere was about three hundred feet in front and about one hundred fifty feet in elevation. It appeared over the tree tops to the east. Once the sphere had traveled very quickly across my field of vision and at my ten o'clock position, it suddenly disappeared. It did not fade out but just vanished. At arm's length the sphere was about as big as a shirt button. I first looked at my GPS to see if an airport was nearby, no airport. I observed the time as 5:08am CST. I am a veteran truck driver and have seen many many shooting stars. This was NOT a shooting star. Its trajectory was perfectly linear with no arc or trail. The intensity of light was a constant not fading in or out. We spoke via telephone with this witness, and we found him to be seemingly quite sober-minded and sincere. We suspect that he is an excellent, and reliable, witness. PD
August 27, 2019 · 7:22 PM · SPHERE
Manteno, IL
Upon inspection I noticed an Orb that must of shot straight up and to the right in less than a minute. Source of report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact material, and no photographic evidence. PD
August 8, 2019 · 11:15 PM · TEARDROP
Aurora, IL
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 8, 2019 · 9:34 PM · LIGHT
Danville, IL
Came outside to talk to my mother because I thought I heard my name when during our conversation I looked up to look at the stars and facing away from the house, I saw an extremely bright but small light just slowly inching it's away across the sky. At first, I thought it was just a small star until I saw it start moving. Then I thought it was a plane but saw no blue or red lights blinking. It was also moving TOO slow to be a plane. Then just as I was about to tell my mother, it vanished. I tried to find it and soon it appeared a few feet from its first location and it was extremely bright again and still moving slowly. I managed to get my mother to look but it had already vanished and you could just faintly see a soft light if you strained your eyes enough but my mother couldn't.
August 7, 2019 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Salem, IL
I was washing my father's Jeep, he recently had a stroke & asked me to clean it for him, we ran to the car wash.. This was a bit before 8:00pm. After finishing washing the Jeep, my partner & I drove out behind NAL (business in town) to drive down the road & dry off the majority of the water. I stopped the Jeep before the end of the road, under a streetlight, to get out & finishing drying it off with a towel. When I was almost done I noticed a VERY bright object up in the sky (circular but bright), towards the east. At first, I figured it was an airplane or helicopter but the object was moving in too many directions for an aircraft(bobbing up & down, but moving left to right far too quickly for a plane). I yelled for my partner to look & when he got out of the Jeep he said it was probably a drone, but I’ve never seen a drone with a hazy orb around it. We couldn’t tell if the bright object was very far away or somewhat close. As I told my partner to go get his phone, to take a video it became I creasingly brighter, & the color changed from a bright white to what almost resembled fire. The object seemed to shoot off in a matter of seconds to the North & left a small faint trail of yellow light behind where it originally shot off. We heard the noise of cars on Main Street & the Jeeps engine running. There was no loud boom, like a jet breaking the sound barrier. I have never believed in aliens visiting Earth (UFOs), and to be honest, I still don’t know what we saw. After witnessing whatever this was we were both were confused & just laughed about it. My partners bestfriend is married to a police officer, so we called to see if he was on duty, he was, & to see if anyone else had reported this weird light in the sky. He thought we were joking & after we explained what happened he told us that it was probably an airplane headed back to the airport or something from Scott Airforce Base. Again I don’t know what we saw, but I know it wasn’t a drone or airplane. Maybe it’s something else & you’re sites employees can answer what it was? We are both scientifically minded, educated adults with good careers & don’t want people thinking we are crazy, but we have gone from confused to almost scared by what we witnessed. We just want an answer. Ps. We didn’t know there was a hotline until coming home & researching what happened & finding your site.
August 4, 2019 · 9:13 PM · FORMATION
Vienna, IL
It started as a circular beam of light and after acknowledging it it began to spin very fast then zoomed out of sight
August 3, 2019 · 6:10 AM · CYLINDER
Rock Island, IL
Saw something barrel shaped and white up high (went in and out of clouds), looked like an oil drum on it's side, no visible lights, no sound, no vapor trail. Went from NE to SW. Was about the size of a pencil eraser held at arms length.
July 28, 2019 · 12:20 AM · LIGHT
Freeport, IL
Bright light in the sky moving up and down. Glows bright then dims and repeats cycle.
July 27, 2019 · 9:26 PM · CIGAR
Gurnee, IL
My husband and I were sitting outside, enjoying a summer evening. Something caught his eye, he looked up, and screamed for me to look. We both looked and saw 3 extremely bright orange objects in the sky. They were long and not too large. He yelled for me to take a picture. I always have my cell phone with me so I took 3 pictures. Then he said, no, take a video. I switched to video mode but at that point the objects started moving quickly. We starting running from the back of our house to the front, but the objects moved quickly together and then out of sight.
July 27, 2019 · 12:13 AM · LIGHT
Crystal Lake, IL
Bright white light crossing from Southeast to Northwest fast and Bright/large.... faster than airforce jets that are normally crossing overhead. Again it was singular bright light. Not an airplane or jet or small/tiny slow satellite. It's an abnormal nonairplane bright white light.
July 26, 2019 · 10:12 PM · CIRCLE
Crystal Lake, IL
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 19, 2019 · 2:00 AM · CIRCLE
Herald, IL
While letting the dog out I noticed I the south western sky towards a well known national forest a bright light. After looking at it for a few moments I noticed it was “bouncing” back and forth. There were also little “flashing” lights that seems to hover around it. I continued to watch for over a half hour until it was no longer visible.
July 16, 2019 · 9:40 PM · EGG
Chicago, IL
My partner and I were attending tonight’s regular Full Moon Fire Jam on the beach along with a hundred or so other people. My partner made a comment about the planes tonight, she felt like they were moving a lot lower and faster, they seemed more colorful than usual and were interesting to look at so I was laying on our blanket face up staring at the planes in the sky. After a while of spacing out I realized my attention had fixed on a bright object that wasn’t the moon. At first it was just a bright red-orange light headed towards earth from the East, if the projectile landed it would be a little bit North of us. After a minute I asked “Do you see that?”. We watched it for another minute, trying to understand what it was. My original thought was a foreign space object somehow missing a tail, but my partner’s was that it was a bomb. She has better eyesight than me and later claimed that the thought of it being a bomb came from the way the light shone against! the surface of the object, like wrapping around its nose, “It looked like a bullet.”. It was big, how big is hard to say, but big enough that if it did crash to earth it would destroy the city. We got up and started to leave, but when no one else followed we questioned our decision. “It’s still there.” I noted, and we both watched it for a few more seconds. From my perspective it seemed to stop and immediately change directions, now moving parallel to the horizon towards the North, away from us, but my partner believes it “slungshot back the way it came”. It was completely gone within a second. I posted a vague question about it on the Fire Jam Facebook event page and two others described the event as well. I don’t know if what I saw was intelligent life, technology, or space junk, but whatever it was, it made my heart fall into my stomach, I could hardly believe what I was seeing was real. I feared for my life.