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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, 2018 · 6:19 AM · LIGHT
Belleville, IL
Witness went to the kitchen and from my patio doors saw two pulsating, strobe like lights in the Eastern sky. The lights flashed red and white and were above the tree line. The lights came closer growing in size and hovered side by side. The one on the left moved away from the other light and the lights of both objects pulsed faster and brighter. Then the light on the right went to the East and witness watched until it was out of sight. The other light went south and was observed to move fast across the sky until it was out of sight. Neither one diverted from its path, in other words they moved straight in a path. Witness first thought of the lights that flashed on high towers but realized there are no towers there. Witness thought it might be a reflection but there was nothing in the house behind that was lighting up and there were no windows behind witness. The lights reminded witness of strobe lights as they were pulsating very fast. They were too large an! d too bright to be airplane lights and moved much faster. Witness lives near an Air-Force base and an airport so observes airplanes, jets, and helicopters on an hourly basis. The only thought was that it might have been large drones.
September 18, 2018 · 3:37 AM · TRIANGLE
Urbana, IL
It was pretty dark out, so i didnt notice it immediately. it blended in with the night sky. but then it made this noise that you could physically feel. like a sound warp. thats when i saw it. it started moving almost incomprehensibly fast south by south-east. it only took about 20 seconds for it to travel beyond my sight. my cat came out when it happened and got support freaked out and protective over me {my cat acts like a dog}. when i went back inside i found bruises on both of my arms.
September 14, 2018 · 9:45 PM · OVAL
St. Charles, IL
AT 9:45 p.m., I was out in my yard with my 2 dogs. I live in a wooded area on the top of a valley. At first I saw an orange light through the trees. I didn’t think much about it until it broke the tree line. Roughly 250 ft in the air and traveling around 75 mph, a large orange sphere appeared. It had appeared almost liquid in appearance, luminance. It was large. Around the size of a huge SUV. And silent. It had passed directly overhead. I could see a smaller dark orange circle moving around inside the larger orange circle. It traveled about ½ mile further and just blinked out. The sky was crystal clear with no wind. No reaction from my dogs. And I was oddly calm for seeing my first U.F.O. I did get a feeling that it was not mechanical… but rather alive in a sense. Imagine the feeling you may get watching whales swim on a nature program.
September 14, 2018 · 9:45 PM · OVAL
St Charles, IL
AT 9:45 p.m., I was out in my yard with my 2 dogs. I live in a wooded area on the top of a valley. At first I saw an orange light through the trees. I didn’t think much about it until it broke the tree line. Roughly 250 ft in the air and traveling around 75 mph, a large orange sphere appeared. It had appeared almost liquid in appearance, luminance. It was large. Around the size of a huge SUV. And silent. It had passed directly overhead. I could see a smaller dark orange circle moving around inside the larger orange circle. It traveled about ½ mile further and just blinked out. The sky was crystal clear with no wind. No reaction from my dogs. And I was oddly calm for seeing my first U.F.O. I did get a feeling that it was not mechanical… but rather alive in a sense. Imagine the feeling you may get watching whales swim on a nature program.
September 14, 2018 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Peoria, IL
First of all, I am not a night sky watcher, astronomer, UFO hunter, weather tracker or any form of such things. I might watch a UFO documentary once in a while, but I want nothing to do with aliens, both fictional or non-fictional. I happen to know a few of the constellations from school and my father. I saw Neptune through a telescope once, out of state. I know a little bit about weather but this is the extent of my experience with such things. I was crossing a parking lot to go home tonight and I saw a strange man cross my path. I looked up and he turned to look at me. When I realized he wasn’t interested in me, I just watched him for a couple seconds and then something caught my eye overhead of him. When I realized what I was seeing, I turned to see if the man was still around because I wanted to draw his attention to the lights but he was already gone. I looked up to see two reddish-orange orbs flying upward in the north sky. I just stopped to watch them. Usually, there are planes that cross this path going south to the nearby Peoria Airport. The lights were big like the lights of a big plane nearby. They were spaced far enough I thought they were the lights you see on either wing of a plane. Only one problem, there was no plane in-between or attached to these lights. I watched them ascend, in a slight curve and then turn right (my left) and as they went over this one spot in the sky, they dimmed, almost turning white and completely fizzled out. There was a single light coming up from the tree line, same kind of light but single. I watched it ascend, also take a right turn and disappear in the exact location as the first two. But again, before it completely disappeared there was another light ascending. Also, these were doing this as in formation and pace and such. All together, there were the first pair of lights and then 5 single lights after - 7 lights total. Every one of them disappeared in the exact same spot and in the same manner. I was searching my brain for an explanation of what these were: planes, weather balloons, hot air balloons, falling stars, fireworks, comets, Chinese lanterns, helicopters, flares, you name it, I was thinking about it, and ruling each one out. I am colorblind with reds/greens/browns and can see these colors if the brightness and hue and lighting is just right. When Mars was visible people would say, “Look how red it is!” And I could not see this for the longest time. At one point, when it was at a different location, I was finally able to see a faint redness to it. These orbs were very distinct, bright, true color-there was no question what color they were. Because I was coming home from a bunch of errands, I did not have my digital camera with me and I was not wearing a watch. But it was somewhere between 9:00 PM and 9:30 PM and lasted close to 5-10 minutes. I was also questioning how the orbs just disappeared when I saw the first two and thought it was just a plane turning and making it skinnier from the angle. I also thought about the fact that maybe this set of lights went into/behind a cloud. But it didn’t take me long to realize, there’s no clouds! I could see the big dipper to my front left, another constellation (forget the name) to my front right and I could see a cluster of stars and individual stars where these lights kept disappearing. I scanned the sky to see when I would see the lights again and it was evident that when they looked like they fizzled out, that was the last I was going to see of them. It almost gave the impression they went into a door, portal or whatever it was, to make them disappear. I waited after the 7th one for almost 5 minutes to realize that the show was over. The thing too, is that had they turned to make it harder to see them, they would have eventually straightened out and I would have seen them again. This did not happen. I rushed home, set all the stuff down, grabbed my digital camera and went back out there. I waited around another 10-15 minutes; I was hoping to see something again but nothing else happened. I called NBC WEEK 25 to inquire about this sighting and was transferred, but no one answered and it did not go to voicemail to leave a message. I then decided to E-mail them but no one has responded as of yet. I have also been scouring the internet for the past two days, to see if anyone posted this sighting, to no avail. I really want to know if anyone else saw these and possibly know if these orbs are indeed UFO’s or drones or something else. I only know they are nothing I have ever seen before. One last thing I would like to point out is that when I was back out there with my camera, a plane went overhead that was very high-the height of a cross-country flight. And I could see it fairly well, the blinking lights, the movement and such and the orbs I had seen earlier made this plane pale in comparison.
September 14, 2018 · 2:00 PM · CHANGING
Chicago, IL
30-50 flashing object in the sky not moving for a while and then slowly moving to the east. Two of them stayed behind for a little bit and then they moved away with a rest of them
September 1, 2018 · 5:00 PM · SPHERE
Elgin, IL
I was at work and was told to go out and grab shopping carts. We had a storm coming and there were big dark clouds in the sky but it was still daylight out, so what I saw was clear. As I was grabbing a cart from the very back reaches of the parking lot, I looked up and saw in the sky a black sphere-like object in the distance. It wasn't moving up or down, further or closer it was completely still. And it was right by a rain cloud,so it couldn't have been a helicopter or plane. It was close enough where I could tell it was only a black object that was completely stationary. If it were anything else I was close enough to tell any details that would make it anything different. I stood and stared at it for a minute or two, but I was working so I couldn't watch it for any longer so I'm not sure if it disappeared or flew away. For all I know, it's still there. I doubt it, though I will make another report if I see it again soon. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 24, 2018 · 7:55 PM · TRIANGLE
East Peoria, IL
I was walking towards the entrance of the park. I was just snapping away photos. It was still light out but getting darker. I took a total of 12 photos. I posted to my facebook page. One of my friends commented on one of the photos what is that. I reviewed all twelve photos and found to odd things on two separate photos. One had a triangle partially obscured but definitely three sided flying overhead away from me on the opposite side of the riverfront. In another photo maybe taken seconds after that a bright white light flying above on my side of the riverfront over the bridge. In other words both objects converging but on opposite sides of the river. I listed myself as the only witness because I was the only one who witnessed this. No one else looked up. I didn't witness it I only found out after what my friend had mentioned. Both made no sound whatsoever. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous, and provides no contact information. Hence, we are unable to contact him/her, in order to request copies of the photos. PD
August 23, 2018 · 10:10 PM · CHANGING
Plainfield, IL
My stepfather told me of a strange star outside while he was walking the dog. He pulled out his phone app star chart and exclaimed that it was Mars. I was intrigued so I walked out my front door to take a look. There I saw Mars and as I was looking at it, I glanced slightly to the right and above the light pole there was a very quick warping light almost resembling a boomerang that was shifting shape, all the while glowing a yellowish light which moved about 8 feet further to the right while in a zig zag motion, with no noticeable flight pattern, before suddenly disappearing. Upon seeing this, I explained to myself “Oh my gosh, what is that!”. Before retreating inside to immediately write this report. It wasn’t a lightning bug since it was too large and too fast. Definitely wasn’t a shooting star, too large and i could see the light in front of a neighbor’s house. It almost resembled the form of a bat, but that’s not likely unless bats warp shape, glow, and ! disappear out of nowhere. It was a very strange light, and it didn’t have a physical form. My stepdad said that my dog was acting weird on the walk. That after they cross our block, they both heard something and my dog was very eager to get out of there and back home. Whether it’s related to the light I saw minutes later, I cannot verify, but I believe it was.
August 20, 2018 · 12:47 PM · UNKNOWN
Chicago, IL
I live just east of O’hare international airport and recently setup a security camera pointing almost directly west overlooking the airfield sky. I setup the camera to only record motion (free 14 days of motion recording) and let it run. The next day I decided to check out some of the night time motion triggers thinking that I would get another racoon/skunk sighting. Instead I got something that I can't really explain. I first checked a recording at 5:09 AM and noticed that the usual insect tripped the motion. Upon further inspection of the video, I noticed 2 small lights in the sky. I rewatched and noticed that they were hovering slightly. I then started going back in time about every 20 minutes or so and noticed that the 2 lights were roughly floating in the same position. I kept going back in time (about 4 hours) to 12:47 AM to see if I could find where the lights entered the frame. The lights appeared above the treeline and rapidly moved up and over to assume a position where it remained for over 4 hours hovering slightly. It looks to me as a pair of 2 lights connected by something, probably the aircraft, and moved in unison. Feel free to access the Google drive folder below for most of the videos recorded and a “line of sight” map of the camera: https://drive.google.com/open?id=17Xh_F7DNv-a8kILooFX_BsEIe2fE6akU ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Peter, I see the lights in the sky again and it seems like it is some sort of infrared guidance system for the planes to land. Obviously, it can only be seen with a IR security camera and the video from 12:47 looks like they were doing some sort of calibration and then bringing it in line for the planes to land. Very sorry, ((name deleted)) ((END ADDENDUM))
August 16, 2018 · 2:53 PM · UNKNOWN
Burbank, IL
Blue-green objects are "lens flares" PD
August 13, 2018 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Pingree Grove, IL
I seen what could be called a "triangle" craft but since it was nightime I really couldn't see a definite craft shape. I did see 3 incandescent glow lights (not super bright like Led lights) in a triangular shape with a pulsating red light in the center. I live 20 miles west of Chicago O'Hare airport so there's always planes in the sky. At the time I seen the triangle "craft" I thought "that's kind of an odd lighting pattern". For the size I'd say about the same as a mid-sized jetliner. For altitude maybe 1,000'. What is odd is I heard engines powering the craft but it wasn't going as fast as a typical jetliner. The reason that I took so long to report this is that I've been thinking about it and been watching the night skies for the same lighting pattern...with no luck. At the time I seen it I was thinking that a Ufoligist would call it a UFO...that made me chuckle a bit as all reports I've ever read or heard said they were a silent craft.. .But I heard the soft roar of engines??!!
August 11, 2018 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Sparta, IL
Was watching for meteors, saw a light moving, thought it was a jet but it was not going in straight line, it was zigzagging, staying in the same area. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 11, 2018 · 8:05 PM · LIGHT
East Peoria, IL
I was in the East Peoria Festival Park. I wasn't the only one there, but I doubt anyone noticed it. I was on the opposite end. I was sitting down on a park bench and looked up to admire the river front and there it was maybe half way in between East Peoria and Peoria. This happened in broad daylight. I tried to get my smart phone ready to record but by the time zeroed in on it. It was gone. It made no sound whatsoever. FYI, I had trouble with your site previously. I tried to log the Cylinder Incident on 07/20/18 and had to re-enter it. I didn't know it got stored twice. It was not a hoax and neither is this. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 10, 2018 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Tinley Park, IL
2 red lights seen moving in perfect formation from east sky to west sky. Looked like helicopters in formation but moved very slow with out noise. Jets we seen flying above. Separation of lights was approximately 1500ft. Sparks-like material dropped from trailing light in Western sky then light went out. Second light stayed on for another minute then was turned off. Went back on for 30 seconds then disappeared. Was not a planet as those can be seen in picture. See similar reports from Tinley Park, IL, for August 21, 2004, and October 31, 2004. PD
August 9, 2018 · 7:18 PM · OVAL
Danville, IL
We were about to leave to go to my grandma's when my dad called for us to come outside. It was already dark out, keep in mind. I came outside with my other sibling. We observed an oval hovercraft, quite medium-sized and hanging low. It was a dark blue but I think that was because it was dark out and there was no light on it really besides the giant two lights underneath it. They were circular but they didn't cast light below, just seemed to glow on the hovercraft. I was attempting to bring out my phone but felt compelled to not take it out and record for some reason. After it had passed over the trees, I got my phone out and was confused why I couldn't take it out to record it when it was going by. It made no noise and traveled slow. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
August 4, 2018 · 9:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Morris, IL
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 3, 2018 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Crystal Lake, IL
Five bright orange lights appeared on a staggered formation. The flew approximately 2 minutes this way. We noticed that two changed direction and vanished. Shortly after that, the remaining lights separated in the sky to blend in with natural stars. They were totally silent.
July 21, 2018 · 9:03 PM · FIREBALL
Springfield, IL
Reddish flaming light ball moved steadily across sky as wife and friends sitting on back deck. Moved from west to south in the night sky. No green light nor any kind of flashing lights. About 4 minutes later, a second one going about the same speed goes by using similar path. Interesting ... the ISS went by exacting hour later. What we saw earlier was very much different. I originally thought it was a meteor, but ruled it out when the second one went by. In my 40 years watching the sky since I was a kid, I never saw anything like it.
July 20, 2018 · 8:18 PM · CYLINDER
Peoria, IL
I had just gotten home from a movie. It was still daylight. I got out of my car and saw it. Large, Bright White, glowing, long Cylinder. It was approaching my place above. It was as long as 6 C4 Transport planes put together. Height of it probably two tractor trailers (the part that stores stuff in) in height put together. It made no sound and extremely slow. It was maybe 20 stories above the ground maybe less or maybe the length of a football field up above me. I watched it clear in an opening in the trees and once it cleared the opening was gone. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 20, 2018 · 8:18 PM · CYLINDER
Peoria, IL
I had just come home from a movie. I literally got out of my vehicle and looked up and there it was. I would say it was the size of 6 C4 Transport planes side by side. It was almost dusk but still light out. It was glowing white super bright. It moved very slow over my place. It was big and long, too. Then slowly it left and was gone like disappeared. I would say it was about 1 or 2 football fields in height above me or maybe 20 stories to 40 stories above me. I clearly make out the color, dimensions. No sound at all whatsoever. Unfortunately, I didn't get the opportunity to record my phone was shut off. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 18, 2018 · 3:30 AM · LIGHT
Lake in the Hills, IL
At 3:30am Chicago time I was getting out of my car to head inside from getting home from work. I sometimes look up and enjoy the view of the stars and I also do this because of when I get home. This morning I got out of my car and noticed what appeared to be a star. After observing it for a minute it split into 3 lights. One moving to the north, one to the East and one to the west. The brightest of the 3 headed north. The one that headed east I lost track of once it got into the tree line. After about what felt like forever which was actually about 1-2 minutes the 2 I could still see stopped. I ran inside to grab my camera to get a video of it. When I returned outside I noticed one of them heading west, south west and managed to get a video of it moving through the sky. I lost track of that one once it hit the tree line. The other two stayed in the same spot for a little while longer. The bright one that headed north would move then stop, then move again. It looked as if it was moving northward. The other one started to move back and forth as if it were shaking. ' After about 20 minutes, they stopped moving. I stayed outside for about a 30 minutes after the last sign of movement. After that finial 30 minutes passed there was no longer any movement in the sky as if it never happened.
July 8, 2018 · 8:50 PM · FIREBALL
Mt. Prospect, IL
We were driving to Melas Park for the Festival and looking towards the sky I see this fireball or Shooting star, very big and bright passing in the sky from North to South. Sky wasn't fully dark, just little after dusk. Was me and my friend that was driving that witnessed it. Don't know if it was a UFO , but I can surely say was closer to a meteor ball or shooting star, but was very big. no noise heard because in the car.
July 8, 2018 · 8:41 PM · LIGHT
Rock Island, IL
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD