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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
July 11, 2019 · 8:30 PM · CIRCLE
Burbank, IL
Saw one round object colored red flying with trail behind it. Flew above moon on clear early evening around sunset.Was glowing red and traveling fast. Then noticed another one headed in opposite direction,this was glowing white/silverish. Took picture from phone of this one.
July 10, 2019 · 8:33 PM · FORMATION
Elgin, IL
A few orange orbs appeared to make a formation along with another group, totaling around 10 orbs.
July 8, 2019 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Kickapoo, IL
I was outside when I seen 8 to 10 orange circular objects in the sky. They were all lit up a few went dark they were again seeable. They were in a strange group they began to move further easy in the sky and then they kind of his disappeared. There was a guy whom came out of the gas station and ask what I was looking at and ask of I seen what we believed to be ufos.
July 8, 2019 · 7:00 PM · EGG
Dundee Townnship, IL
Me and my wife were heading back from a wake and we saw a floating object to the side of 72 between Randall and sleepy hollow rd. It was black in color and just hovering. We slowed down to get a closer look at it and it looked like we could see a humaniod being inside. Couldn't make out details other than 2 arms and 2 legs. It was a single passenger aircraft. No wings. just hovering to the side of the road about 75 to 100 feet up. No noise. May have been a human but there is no known technology that can hover like that with an egg shape. Also oddly enough we kept driving so it never disappeared.. we left it. The more we talked about it the more we both realize that what we saw wasn't normal and couldn't have been a drone unless they have one where the person could fly. Wasn't a paraglider since it floated stationary. Odd all together. A egg shaped craft with a clear or open front with som being visible. Over a clearing to the right of the road across from tr! ees on the other side. No houses visable.im assuming someone else had to see it, given the time of the sighting the mostly busy road. To my best recollection however we were the only visible car ahead and behind us. Got no picture..very unfortunately...
July 6, 2019 · 10:20 PM · CIRCLE
Maryville, IL
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 6, 2019 · 5:30 PM · CIRCLE
Mt. Prospect, IL
While driving west on Dempster Avenue in Mt. Prospect on July 6, 2019, my wife and I spotted a very bright, star-like object in the sky, possibly over Schaumburg, Streamwood or Elgin. It was around 5:30 p.m. so still very light out. We figured it was an airplane catching the sun and reflecting it, but after watching it for about ten or fifteen seconds (during which it did not appear to move), we never saw the object turn and transform into a plane. The object remained a bright white dot until it just disappeared completely from the cloudless sky.
July 4, 2019 · 10:00 PM · FLASH
Lansing, IL
My husband and I were watching the westward sky for fireworks. I noticed what I thought was a red twinkling star. The object then began to move in a slow northerly direction. My husband believed it was a plane. The object then stopped and hovered in place for about 10 seconds and immediately accelerated and traveled in the opposite direction. We watched while the object began to travel downward quickly. It then began to climb back upward and traveled in a large circle. It went back and forth, east to west, and north to south for the next few minutes. It dropped and rose again and then continued westward until it was out of sight. It kept blinking bright red the entire time.
July 4, 2019 · 9:58 PM · SPHERE
Justice, IL
On July 04, 2019, me and my fiancé ((name deleted)) was watching Fireworks at our Apartment In Justice, Illinois at 2158 when I noticed the following. Two objects floating side by side slowly Coming from the West. The two objects were one solid color, but seems to be flicking. They both slowly came from the West, then at one point stopped simultaneously, paused momentarily, and then proceeded Directly North. No more than at least two minutes passed before we saw another object, same color and all Moving slowly from the same West direction, come to the same spot where the previous two objects had stopped. It paused for about the same length of time, then proceeded on the same North heading as the previous Two objects. Almost immediately after the third object was out of sight, this forth object did not come to the same spot, pause and then head North. It headed straight north and out of sight. My fiancé was only able to catch on video the third object. We both were bewildered and shocked!! We spoke via telephone with the source of this report, and he sounded to us to be both sincere, and sober-minded. We suspect that he is a very reliable witness. PD
July 4, 2019 · 1:00 PM · DISK
Chicago, IL
Sitting on terrace at the Shedd Aquarium having lunch when we saw a few different aircraft/ could explain most of what we saw but I managed to catch two images on phone. One has just the 2 saucer like objects then in second there would appear to be a helicopter or even a pulled banner from smaller planes flying between them.
July 1, 2019 · 8:45 PM · CIGAR
Gardner, IL
Very bright white light cigar shape...stationary for around a minute. Disappeared instantaneous.
July 1, 2019 · 7:00 PM · CYLINDER
Dixon, IL
My husband,2 kids, and I were in the pool around 8pm on Sunday the 1st when we noticed what initially looked like a smaller plane, a silver cigar shape, which is common we have a very small airport, but after it had passed, at some point with a minute or 2 my husband notices that is flying by again in a straight line, not taking off from the airport because it would be at an angle if it was. It was traveling fairly slow and then would disappear. At this point we all are watching. When in would go out of sight to the East it wouldreappear in the West. This is when we realized it was 2 flying almost on a loop and appeared to be surveying. This lasted about 10 minutes maybe longer. Then they both were flying together, one higher and one lower, almost side by side until they disappeared on the final loop.
June 28, 2019 · 4:00 AM · LIGHT
Chicago, IL
I looked out my east facing window and thought I was looking an early morning moon in the mid-horizon over Lake Michigan. I thought the moon was obscured by the clouds which was creating an effect of partial visibility. The light disappeared and I thought it had gone behind the clouds. I opened the night sky app and pointed it in that direction, and there was no moon there! Oddly, at the same time, I saw two moving lights, going north to south. These appeared at first to be in the far distance, but as I tracked them visually, they were decreasing in altitude and appeared between myself and the buildings in front of me. I suppose these could be drones, used by CP to scout late-night disturbances. Was just odd to me that there were 2 flying in unison at the same time I saw that weird light in the sky. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 27, 2019 · 10:07 AM · SPHERE
Flora, IL
I was standing in my backyard at 10 pm looking at the stars through the camera lens on my phone. suddenly, i noticed a bright, red, round light appear out of the southeast. the light looked as though it was only a few hundred feet high and seemed about 1/4 a mile away. i began recording it on my phone. it moved quicker than i realized at the time, and within a few seconds it had made it’s way towards me and seemed to hover about 100 foot away and much lower. it flew right above the rooftop of the church that is aprox. 5 yards from my backdoor. it went behind a tree on it’s slow path and once it was observable again it had moved incredibly further away to the northeast. about 10 minutes later, i went back outside and the same scenario happened again for a 2nd and even 3rd time. i was able to video all three occurrences. i wasn’t sure what it was, the actual size, or the actual distance away from me at the time or even to this day. i assumed it was a drone b! eing flown by a hobbyist in the neighborhood or law enforcement. i told my dad about it today (a week and a half later) and showed him one of the videos and he encouraged me to share it. he’s a respected military vet and is pretty confident also that we are not alone!!! :). hope this helps the study!
June 24, 2019 · 11:00 PM · FIREBALL
Danville, IL
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 24, 2019 · 11:00 PM · FIREBALL
Rankin, IL
Was driving on route 9 son who is 11 said look at that bright star and pointed out the window towards the north. I looked to where he pointed and there was a large bright redish orange light with a smaller same shape colored object just a bit southwest of it in the sky. I began to pull over because at first i thought maybe it was a planet such as mars. As i looked back at the object it moved in a northeast motion and was gone. Not even 30 seconds later the smaller object shot off in the same direction. We sat for a few minutes in disbelief.
June 22, 2019 · 10:00 PM · OVAL
Omaha, IL
Observed from patio with my girlfriend. VERY fast circular object at what seemed to be very high altitude. Headed directly North straight overhead. Had a faint white color until it suddenly produced an impressive VERY BRIGHT light appearance from the oval shape and enlarging the size of the object 3 times the original size. The brightness lasted approx 3-4 seconds and then went back to the faint white color again. Object maintained its super fast speed throughout the process and quickly disappeared from naked eye observation while continuing its direct North heading. The event prompted us to find a way to report it as it was quite profound and something neither of us has ever seen (we are in our 50s).
June 22, 2019 · 9:40 PM · CYLINDER
Tinley park, IL
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 21, 2019 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Glenview, IL
Our camera outside had a motion sensor and was set off by a light in the sky, which doesn't look like an airplane. Video seems to indicate a slowly blinking light, that at one point, is obscured by clouds. Possible aircraft? PD
June 19, 2019 · 8:30 PM · SPHERE
Carlinville, IL
Son noticed bright object in western sky. It looked similar to how a bright planet looks before dusk in the evening sky. First I got binoculars and still couldn’t really see any features. Then got out a small Bushnell telescope and then could easily see its features. Then noticed a second one in the north-northwest sky. The two objects were the same thing. They both moved slowly west through the telescope eyepiece similar to the moon moving through it. I did not have to re-focus the telescope when moving from one object to the other. They looked like white-ish glowing translucent balloons. There seemed to be a small ring of white lights at one end that slowly shifted or moved. The “balloon” almost seemed to rotate and change slightly also while moving through the telescope. There were no quick or sudden movements. We watched them for about 30 minutes before they disappeared behind a cloud bank. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 19, 2019 · 8:30 PM · SPHERE
Carrollton, IL
I was taking photos of around my back yard of birds and looked up. suddenly, There appeared three round objects in plain view in the sky, and I called for my father to come outside to see. One due East of my location, moving very slowly, like it was floating in a westerly direction. Another was doing the same to the Northeast. A third, toward the Southeast was doing similar, but then after a few minutes, at a speed unthinkable to us, flew off to the south and vanished. They made no sound. Heavy clouds were moving in from the Northwest which first covered the one to the Northeast and we lost track of it at that point. The one due East was visible long enough, before the clouds moved in, for me to take two photos and a brief video of it.
June 19, 2019 · 7:30 PM · SPHERE
East Alton, IL
My son and I were riding our bikes through our neighbor when he called out my name and drew my attention to an object in the sky. We then rode back to our house where I decided to take a couple of photographs. The object was a white or translucent spher reminiscent of a balloon. However it hovered in the same spot for a unusually long period of time. I also live near an airport so I would think it wouldve been a security risk if indeed it was a research balloon....
June 18, 2019 · 11:15 PM · FLASH
Skokie, IL
2 weeks ago (this time during the day) one ufo was seen in the opposite direction, but same viewing location for about an hour. I taped both events. Within a month, I'm finally able to say i seen it with my own eyes and twice. (35 years old)
June 13, 2019 · 4:42 PM · CIRCLE
Schaumburg, IL
On a clear day with only a few clouds, my wife and I were walking the dogs and saw about 20 or more white dots drifting slowly and heading east in Schaumburg, IL. All of the objects were moving erratically, and in a slow motion. The objects were moving up and down, and side to side, just slightly. After a few minutes, all of the objects slowly faded away. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 10, 2019 · 3:00 AM · RECTANGLE
Lombard, IL
I was walking out side of my work after closing at 3am and I noticed a long rectangular shape illuminating around the edges of it which lighted up the clouds surrounding it, I took multiple photos and have several videos. Driving further down the street about 3 min or so I could still see the craft in the distance so I stopped and took 2 more pictures which it appeared in photos but 3 balls of light about it and the very next photo I counted 7 balls of light above it.