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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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February 18, 2017 · 8:15 PM · SPHERE
Skokie, IL
With my iPhone 6 I recorded a white light the size of a tennis ball going across the screen while filming in slo mo which is a rate of 60 fames per second. It's inside with the shades which are light proof closed. the windows face a very wooded area. The is only 2 light in the room and they are stationary the camera is stationary. Is there some problem with the iPhone 6 that makes it look like a white orb is going across the screen. It seems very unlikely a white orb would be inside my house so I would love a reasonable explanation So i can rest assured there is not some thing floating though my house. So please tell me its just some problem with my iPhone. I will post this on vimeo tomorrow and send you the link
February 18, 2017 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Glendale Heights, IL
Grilling on my deck I observed what appeared to be an aircraft in the eastern sky in a regular pattern I have seen for decades where I live. It displayed a flashing white light. I noticed a red light appear and then the craft stopped suddenly, It then changed direction to the north and sped up to a much higher speed. It then stopped and changed course suddenly again and continued north. I walked through my house and walked out the north entrance door. The aircraft was moving north where it stopped at some point and dropped at a high speed until other homes were blocking its view. I have never seen anything like this in my life.
February 18, 2017 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
Glendale Heights, IL
Updated: Grilling on my deck I observed what appeared to be an aircraft in the eastern sky in a regular pattern I have seen for decades where I live. It displayed a flashing white light then changed to a non blinking red light. The object (5-10 miles out?) appeared to be hovering as planes around the O'Hare airport area were constantly moving. It seemed to drop very fast then turned to the north and sped at unimaginable speed. Almost like a laser pointer but the sky was clear and no sound. It then stopped again and changed course slightly continuing north. I walked out the north entrance door of my home and observed the same red light moving north at a high speed where it stopped directly north and dropped at a high rate of speed below my field of view. This could not have been a regular or military aircraft, helicopter or even a drone. Nothing I know of could maneuver that fast. I have never seen anything in the sky like this in my life.
February 13, 2017 · 11:00 PM · CIRCLE
Morton, IL
My boyfriend and I were driving to his house from Bloomington, IL. What made the light stick out to us was that there were little to no visible stars. As we were talking, I guess we both noticed that this ball of light, visible in the corner of your eye if youre looking through your front windshield, it got bright enough to finally get our attention. I pointed it out to him asking what it was because there were no stars, about 15 seconds later we watch this ball of white light abruptly dip down almost in a curving motion and completely disappear. We could not find it again. I heard from friends that a couple other people from that town also saw but I personally did not confirm with them.
February 12, 2017 · 6:37 PM · UNKNOWN
Orland Park, IL
HOLY COW!.. JUST NOW. 18:42 im reporting.. I just saw this thing!. went outside to smoke, ALWAYS look at the stars, have a pair of binocs in the garage. I looked at Cassiopeia, and from behind the evergreen tree, it was ? few degrees east of polaris when i spotted it. it was slow, not a comet, not a meteorite. no tails, and in Earths Atmosphere.. LOW. 1000-2000 ft?? a BRIGHT, NON BLINKING bright white light. It looked like a Star.. floating, heading East, South -East direction, I know Venus..or is it Jupiter in the West?.. on of the two, but this was BRIGHTER than that. .. i ran inside with my lit cigarette, grabbed my crappy camera,.. its ALL black on the screen. I said DAD, theres a UFO floating East! Got back as it was floating east still, but dimmer, Thought my camera was on pic mode, but it was on video mode,.. maybe someone can fiddle my settings,. but it was gone! about 8-10 seconds after i pointed my camera where it was going.. Blinked Away.., grabbed! the binocs, didnt see a thing!.. Lots of planes flying out that way now. Man, that was heart racing!, sadly my dad cannot coreroborate my story. My camera still has the video.. if someone wants to email me.. feel free ..maybe you can do some magic...! WOW..God Bless! 1 Corinthians 4:3
February 8, 2017 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT
Kirkland, IL
I was driving from Kirkland to Belvidere, facing east when I saw an orange/red light glowing brighter and brighter for about 3 seconds, then dimmed out over the course of half a second. Then it happened immediately after, getting even brighter the second time, and fading out even quicker. I changed direction and headed north for two or three miles, and I saw two cars pulled over together, and another car pulled over about half a mile away from the other two. I pulled over a half mile later, got out of my car and saw what appeared to be a shooting star, but it was closer than usual, with white and greenish colors. It was heading north as well, and was in my line of sight for a second before disappearing towards Wisconsin.
February 6, 2017 · 1:15 AM · FIREBALL
Oak Lawn, IL
Oak Lawn, Illinois, Bright greenish/white floating ball of light came from the sky like a projectile leaving behind a red trail.
February 5, 2017 · 10:05 PM · CIRCLE
Chicago, IL
Red glowing ball moving south then went slowly strait up and stopped before it came back down slowly twice, started flashing before it dropped again the flashing increased faster and turned from red to orange.
February 1, 2017 · 6:00 AM · LIGHT
Chicago, IL
came home around 5:30pm and let the dogs out and notice an object over Chicago west of the moon, I waited an hour to see if it moved and it didn't so i looked at it through my binoculars and see it had light under it in the shape of a cross. I watched it for about 10 minutes. when my wife came home at 7pm i ask her to look at it she see the same thing. as of now it hasn't moved
January 18, 2017 · 10:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Chicago, IL
I was looking up at the stars whilst sitting on my deck and thinking about light pollution. I had to block the street lights from view and their orange glow to see the stars but they were still very clear for Chicago, and then as I was staring at the constellation Orion and Sirius, three red lights in a triangle shape with a dark barely visible frame or body above them began passing through what looked like fairly low altitude and mostly opaque clouds right in the left and center of my field of view. They seemed to appear out of nowhere and the craft appeared to be very large (about 1.5" from my perspective and I'd estimate that it was at an altitude of 10,000 ft and approximately 10 miles away from me). It moved forward slowly bearing east to west and then only slightly but immediately it elevated and then went back down in altitude, it shifted speeds and altitudes as it passed into the orange glow reflecting up from the city. I tried to take out my phone camera but it was too late and I was too affixed during the incident to break my focus.
January 8, 2017 · 5:30 PM · FORMATION
Frankfort, IL
We often see strange lights gathered in this spot. We were playing Scrabble last night and the house shook and rumbled so my husband and daughter looked outside and saw what they believe to be two fighter jets. Fifteen minutes later we left for mass and saw 9 lights gathered at the spot! In 9 years, we have never seen that many lights gathered there. It is highly unusual.
December 31, 2016 · 11:35 PM · LIGHT
Schaumburg, IL
Observed fast-moving linear-appearing procession of 14 orange-red lights approaching from south, a brief pause followed by 3 of same, heading in northeast trajectory. No sound. It didn't resemble any aircraft, Chinese lanterns, or fireworks. Local Police Department had not received similar calls.
December 28, 2016 · 5:00 AM · LIGHT
Multiple, IL
Having never seen anything like this before, I feel like I may be a bit crazy. I have been watching a lot of Ancient Aliens and listening to Coast To Coast nightly, but that fact has no bearing on what I actually saw this morning. I am a truck driver, and I drive the same route every night, which takes me from Bloomington, Illinois, up Interstate 39 to Plover, Wisconsin, and back. This gives an idea of approximately where I may have been in relation to towns or cities, as I wasn’t exactly sure what towns are around the objects I saw. I do know that the first one was seen in southern Wisconsin, close to the border, probably around the 170-mile-marker or so, before getting on the toll way. As I have not seen anything like this, it’s difficult to describe, but I will admit that the first and third objects could have easily been airplanes seen from a distance, but I do not think they were. All three objects were orange in color, all seen from a distance as I was driving, so I couldn’t keep my eyes fully trained on them. The first one, which was seen around 4:30 A.M. CST, at first did look like it was possibly an airplane coming in for a landing, as it was descending, but when it did a zigzag movement while in descent, I realized I may have seen something not operated by humans. I know that some military airplanes could pull off a zigzag pattern, but the way it moved while also descending was a bit strange. I spent 4 years in the Marine Corps, and being an air winger, I frequently witnessed maneuvers by Hornets, EA-6Bs, Harriers, Ospreys, and others. I never saw any of those things, including helicopters, do anything like what I saw. Eventually, it got too low and was hidden behind the tree line of the Interstate. I tried to keep an eye out for it to pop up again, but it didn’t. The second object was much higher in the night sky, around 5:15 A.M. CST, and was much further away from me than the first was. I was driving south, and I first saw it almost directly in front of me. It seemed at first to be moving very slowly east, then sped up a bit. Up until this point, I didn’t think the first object was enough to file a report, as I stated that it could have easily been an airplane, even with the odd zigzag move, but what happened while watching the second one actually astonished me quite a bit. After it sped up a bit, I saw a quick shaft of light. This light was not bright or flashy, and it only lasted a split second, maybe a quarter of a second at the most. It was like a lightning bolt, but rather than going from the ground to the sky, this bolt came from the sky and was aimed directly at the craft. Also, it wasn’t jagged like a bolt of lightning, but rather it was straight, like something was beamed from space to the craft. I have never hear! d or read of anyone seeing anything like this before, so maybe I really am crazy. Anyway, after this beam to the craft, it kept on moving in an easterly direction and I lost it as it kept going. The third object was spotted around 5:45 A.M. CST, and this was the least eventful of the three. I also saw this one coming from the south, or at least that’s where I spotted it since I was driving south. This one traveled at a leisurely pace for the most part, speeding up one time, but slowing back down soon after. This one didn’t do anything odd, but also went in an east direction, where I lost it in the twilight of the rising sun. Honestly, of the three things I saw, I really don’t know if any of them was actually extra terrestrial, but they could be. That’s why I wanted to report them. I’m truly interested if anyone else saw the shaft of light to the second craft I saw, or if anyone has ever reported such a thing before.
December 26, 2016 · 5:00 PM · FIREBALL
Chicago, IL
We were on our way to O'hare airport to drop off my daughter. It was getting dark..we were turning off of 90 onto the road that leads into the airport. All of a sudden we saw a greenish white fireball drop out of the sky. It appeared, fell in somewhat of an arc and disappeared. We only saw one. A 10-second meteor is a very unusual occurrence. PD
December 23, 2016 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
Woodridge, IL
((ADDENDUM FROM Mr. Gene Weed, photo analyst.)) Peter, Woodridge, Illinois, Friday, December 23rd, 2016, @ 19:30 hrs. (CST) ANALYSIS First Impressions Photo did not include the source of light. Why take just one photo? Description does not match photo. DETAILS Sharp edges of white on tree indicate overlay; Multiple white images on left of beam (opacity of second image layers not adjusted correctly); Roof gable (peak) can be seen through beam (impossible) indicate opacity settings of ~ 60% of second layer; Multiple blue colors on top and bottom of beam (not pure white); No shadow from' Bright Beam', which normally accompanies such sightings; Light Beam does not touch ground (impossible); Background shadows under cars from 'dimmer garage light, is brighter than 'Beam' (impossible), and additionally, shadow angle does not match the beam object. i.e. No shadows or illumination on any object in photo are stemming from this 'Bright Beam' can be detected. All light shadows are from house. Using the camera exposure recorded ( see settings below) the 'Beam' would have saturated the entire photograph, or would have automatically adjusted the exposure settings. SUMMARY Authentic photograph with apparent overlay characteristic; multiple points as described.. REFERENCES http://www.verexif.com/en/ver.php?foto_file=&foto_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nuforc.org%2FS131906.jpg Hoax Regards, Gene Weed ((END ADDENDUM)) We posted the photo provided by the witness, but with reservation, given the bizarre appearance of the "shaft of light." Subsequent analysis of the photo suggests that the photo is a montage, created by overlays. It appears to have been "PhotoShopped," and we are unable to reach the source of the photo via telephone. NUFORC apologizes for having posted the misleading data on December 31st, 2016. PD
December 21, 2016 · 7:08 AM · OTHER
East Peoria, IL
Traveling to work at about 7:08 AM on 74-E, between East Peoria and Morton, IL, I happened to notice an object in the sky. It appeared to be trapezoid shaped and barely moving, if moving at all, not far from almost directly above me and at about half the height the normal flying height of an airplane. It seemed aluminum silver in color and it was either angled so that it was catching a reflection from the morning sun or there was a light on 1/3 of the bottom of the craft. After first spotting something in the sky, I put on my glasses to get a better look to see if I could decipher what it was. Seeing that I still could not identify the object, I continued to watch it. It seemed to be stationary. I watched it for a few minutes, or at least the best as I could while driving, and it did not move. I approached a big green overhead highway sign which momentarily obscured my view. When I was able to see unobstructed again, which was a millisecond, the object was gone. I scanned the sky and found nothing. I hoped that a workmate traveling on the same route saw the same thing. After getting to work I approached the specific workmate and asked if he saw something strange in the sky. He looked at me surprised and relieved and told me that he had watched the same strange object in the sky until it disappeared suddenly and was hoping that someone else had seen it too so that he didn't seem crazy when he told his UFO account. I had hoped to see or hear something on the TV or radio, but didn't.
December 13, 2016 · 10:20 PM · LIGHT
Chicago, IL
I was looking out a window facing north in a high rise building and saw a bright white ball of light pass over the top of my building from the east and move in a north west direction. It was moving fairly quickly. After about 3 seconds it disappeared. it was a bright white ball of light. I looked around to see if maybe someone was blowing off fireworks but didn't see anything like that. There was no sound.
December 8, 2016 · 7:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Jerseyville, IL
I was driving home from work. I seen a fast moving large shape in the sky. it was traveling west. It went almost perfectly over me and another car that stopped to see what was in the sky. I have seen this thing before, i know it was not Military. this ship was massive much larger than any aircraft. it was moving very very fast. It went from my left to my right in a matter of seconds. out of sight heading west and looked like it was leaving earth. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 6, 2016 · 7:15 AM · CHEVRON
Union, IL
Bright light in sky where none is normally visible. With binoculars, it appeared to be a chevron shape with white and sometimes red lights. It was static for about 20 minutes, when we looked a few minutes later, it was gone. We posted photos to FACEBOOK.
November 29, 2016 · 8:15 PM · RECTANGLE
Carlinville, IL
We stopped the vehicle and watched it for approximately three minutes at which time it was stationary and not moving. After the first three minutes the beams of light that was under it left and it began to move. Once it started moving it looked like one huge bar or rectangular shape and it was bigger than anything I've seen in the sky. Made no sound and once it started moving it moved fast. We turned the car around and proceeded to try to follow it. Followed it maybe three or four minutes when due to its speed we totally lost it. It was moving from north to south and was completely silent there was nothing blinking on it the lights were solid. We apparently weren't the only ones who seen it because when we stopped to watch it another car stopped alongside of us and asked us what that was and of course we had no clue. It left no vapor trail. Have never seen anything like it before.
November 29, 2016 · 12:10 PM · CHANGING
Plainfield, IL
Noticed bright white object slowly hovering Southward, in a partly cloudy but otherwise clear sky. After about 5 minutes of viewing, it rotated or transformed from a horizontal line shape to a vertical one. There was no noise or discernible lights. I have cellphone photos of the object, but they don't do the sighting any justice.
November 28, 2016 · 6:00 AM · FIREBALL
Centerville, IL
We where just sitting in the car an we seen 2 lights but it looked like car lights in the sky so that caught our attention knowing plains have onw light an flashing blue an red lights it was going in a straight agle then it stopped in mid air flashed little lights then wit up we seen it going thru the clouds then fire from the bottom an then nonthing just like that like 5 mins after that we seen 2 black jets like army jets real close to the ground but high enough for safty an a hard loud wind but no sound from the other 2 flying objects an the 2 jets came from a totaly different direction.
November 22, 2016 · 9:00 PM · CHEVRON
Beecher, IL
Noticed what looked like a flaming wing slowly pass over Beecher, IL, last nite. Appeared to be heading towards built field. No noise. Slow moving. A few hundred feet in air. Traveling east to west. Was walking the dog in dark field.
November 20, 2016 · 10:23 PM · LIGHT
Springfield, IL
I was parked in a parking lot for a local grocery store. I was waiting for my wife to get off work. I noticed in the south eastern sky a greenish red flashing light. I watched it for about twenty minutes because my wife was late getting off. I expected the light to eventually move overhead and reveal itself as a plane or to disappear. But it never did. Even now, it is still there flashing.