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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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November 16, 2016 · 6:30 PM · LIGHT
Green Garden Township, IL
Very bright hovering light low in the southwest sky over Green Garden Township, Manhattan area of Will County, Illinois. Seemed to move sharply, then hover again. After 15 minutes or so I went in to get my binoculars and it was gone when I came back outside. Viewed by 3 family members. Any one else see this? We heard no sound and none of us think it was a helicopter. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 15, 2016 · 5:30 PM · CIRCLE
Naperville, IL
The object was was slowly coming towards land, but still very far up. Then the light went out and it appeared 150 ft north with the lights on again. Then the lights turned off and you could not see if it went anywhere.
November 15, 2016 · 3:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Peoria, IL
Encounter with 3 beings: I awoke around 3 am to see 3 beings standing in my bedroom door. They are translucent, soft light emanating from their bodies. I sat up in my bed and I stared intently. My impression was a Mother with a child. She was tall and lean with olive-shaped dark eyes. She had long arms and she was without clothing. I could not make out any specific shapes we would call genitals. Her mouth was narrow with an oval shaped face, no hair on the body. The child entity stood next to the mother holding her leg. The child came up to her hip in height. I got the feeling this was a boy. Same appearance only the head was shaped slightly smaller and stout with arms and legs. The eyes were big and looking at me as if this was its first time seeing a human being. The third entity stood behind them. Same soft light emanating from the body. At this point, I could tell all 3 bodies seemed to be floating like a hologram. The 3rd entity was different in that on top of its head were these antenna with olive-shaped eyes. There must have been 8 or so of these attached to the head and looked like they were part of the scalp. I had the impression this being was a scout and the antenna were cameras. I went to get up out of bed and the beings turned their backs and floated down the hallway and just disappeared. I thought ok, that was a strange experience. The next evening around the same time, 3 am. The being with the antenna on the head appeared standing in my hall near my coat closet and hung onto the woodwork. I looked up and waved my hand. It matched my hand wave and a slight smile like a Mona Lisa Smile appeared on its face. I went to get up and it disappeared. I could only describe the movement of the beings like watching seaweed floating in the ocean. They were opaque but I could see through them. I remember feeling a joy in my heart unlike any other. An overwhelming sense of love and wonderment. It was a marvelous experience. I wish to remain anonymous. My family would not believe me, I have told 2 close friends. Whether they believe I do not care. I felt like I should share. I believe these beings are walking among us at this moment. Observing us. Maybe they are here to help or just waiting to pick up the pieces after we are gone. Sincerely, A believer
November 13, 2016 · 3:00 PM · CYLINDER
Ottawa, IL
I Seen a cylinder shaped object in the Northern sky at about 45 degrees, I noticed it because it appeared the sun was reflecting off it, As I was watching it, it seem to fade out then re-appeared maybe 2 miles away only to do the same thing again fading out. When it faded out the first time and moved it was instantaneous. Then I just read about some cylinder shaped object crash in Myanmar three days ago. Maybe some type of space debris. But it was odd then it didn't lose altitude and kind of hung in one place before it moved.
November 13, 2016 · 2:10 PM · UNKNOWN
Elwood, IL
No craft was seen nor heard.
November 12, 2016 · 8:10 PM · LIGHT
Highland Park, IL
The rest was flying at 300-400 KTS in a formation, all in red lights. Not in a particular order, however they proceeded in one direction. Objects did not have any strobe lights. I thought, maybe F-16 using after burners, but there wasn't jet engine noise at all.
November 11, 2016 · 8:30 AM · OTHER
Herod, IL
A plume of smoke/vapor/trail was seen by 2 witnesses on 11/11/16 looking south from the Herod, IL, Hwy 34, toward the Ohio River. Witnesses did not see if it came from the ground up or sky downward. The trail of white smoke/gas/vapor lasted about 5 min. Never seen anything close to this.
November 9, 2016 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Chicago, IL
I always take a look in the sky when I go out, but this night I saw a couple of little dots flashing red by the Chicago sky line. They we're flashing a bright red, then occasionaly green and then a very bright white .. I sat there in amazement for a while, before I ran and got my brother mom and uncle to confirm what I saw...and man it made me a believer ...these things was not planes ...I tried to be fair and say maybe they were helicopters since their was trump protests down town ..buttt these things made no sounds and didid moves in the sky I had never seen .. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 6, 2016 · 8:35 PM · SPHERE
Villa Park, IL
Clear evening. Looking at an airplane light (small, red) in sky to south/southwest. Suddenly saw orange orb travel from south to north. It was not glowing, but was barely visible, and seemed to shad darker at the top. Height unknown. Size comparison: the airplane light would fit 20 to 30 times into the comparative size of the orb. There was no sound, and it's movement was straight and extremely fast. It was a bit hard to see, but it sped faster than my head could turn. No chance of it being a reflection in my glasses, by the way it sped ahead of my turning head.
November 6, 2016 · 3:55 AM
Oak Lawn, IL
This just happened about 5 minutes ago. I was thinking earlier about an hour ago that life was living on this star then just about 5 minutes ago right next to that star a light like a star appeared for 5 seconds really close to that star that I was thinking about that life was on appeared to be brighter than any star that's out in the sky right now. It brightened up so bright it almost looked like it had a little tint of fluorescent green color on it. Now as I was filing this report, now about 8 minutes has passed as I was outside filing this report I heard something in the backyard drop like a rock or something that I looked toward the backyard but didn't see nothing and ran in the house then I woke up my dad and told him what happened. I have seen and reported lights like 3 times before but are normally in pairs and quickly vanish like this. It was like 5 times brighter than the brightest star that's out there right now. This happened at 3:55AM and now as I am finishing this report it is 4:26AM now. It diminished when it disappeared and it didn't move during the 5 seconds that I saw it. I tried to take a photo, but before I was preparing the camera it already vanished. I'm re-submitting this report to fix typos at 4:45AM. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 4, 2016 · 11:00 PM · CHEVRON
Rochelle, IL
Sitting in back yard facing north. Noticed something moving in north northeast sky at approximately 30 degrees above the horizon. Craft did not have any flashing lights. Perimeter of craft was luminous/glowing outlining shape of craft. Which looked a little like and airplane with tightly swept back wings. The inner portion of craft was clear like it could have been cloaked you could see clouds through it with only the perimeter lite up. It was traveling south very fast. Watched it until it went behind some trees and disappeared. Never came out from behind the trees. Craft did not make any noise. Could not tell the altitude or distance I was from the craft. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
October 28, 2016 · 7:00 PM · CIRCLE
Springfield, IL
Bright circle seemed to head very slowly westward, then suddenly disappeared after about 10 seconds. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 24, 2016 · 7:00 PM · FORMATION
Frankfort, IL
Orange lights low in the eastern sky, as seen from interstate 355 and Southwest highway. Most holding in a formation relative to one another and stationary in sky, though possibly descending slowly while in formation. Appeared to be between Harlem Avenue and Ridgeland avenue, east of 191st st.
October 24, 2016 · 5:30 PM · DIAMOND
Chicago, IL
I was coming past 103rd exit on 94W. I hung up the phone and saw what appearedto be a blimp. The sunlight reflection made it difficult to see clearly. It was too big and odd shaped to be an airplane. It appeared to have two antennaes or it could have been the way it was shaped. I dropped my phone and when I reached to take a picture of it it was gone. I am searching online to see if anyone else saw it and I found this site. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 18, 2016 · 6:15 PM · LIGHT
Oregon, IL
My wife took this picture on 18 Oct, 2016. She didn’t show it to me until recently. Approximate time: 1815 General direction of travel: west There are 5 lights, or bright spots in the picture, to me the two on the left appear to be oval shaped, not sure if that is a result of distortion, or if that is the actual shape of these, objects, or whatever they are. She took the picture with her Samsung S5 smartphone, and I do not know how to get the GPS information, and the rest of the technical information associated with the photo. The picture was taken out of the front windshield of a 2011 Chevy Cruze between Franklin Grove IL, and Oregon IL. Near the corner of Flagg rd. and Daysville rd. About half way between Franklin Grove, and Oregon. My wife is a ((de;eted)) for a small local ((deleted--business)), has worked there ((decades)) years, I am a truck driver for ((name deleted)), formerly ((name deleted)), and have worked for them for ((several)) years. I am also an aircraft aficionado with a good general knowledge of aircraft and their behavior. I was a private pilot student, right after high school, with about 30 hours, including my ‘long cross country’ when I stopped lessons. My neighbor built, and or modified several experimental aircraft in his garage right across the street, including ((deleted)) that they modified for aerobatic flight. I have also been the passenger for quite a bit of aerobatic flight. I am quite agnostic as to any alien visitation to earth. I have driven on the night shift for 10 of my 30 years and have never seen anything in the sky that I couldn’t explain. These lights, or whatever they are in this picture, I cannot explain, they don’t look like any aircraft, and I don’t think they are! planets or stars. We live approximately 75 miles west of Ohare Airport, so we are familiar with commercial air traffic and their associated landing and anti-collision lights, and generally the flight paths of inbound and outbound commercial air traffic from Ohare and Midway airports. I don’t think these lights are from aircraft.
October 17, 2016 · 7:45 PM · LIGHT
Chicago, IL
Around 1945 last night, I witnessed a stationary, but extremely bright and flickering light in the sky, almost like a stationary fireball. I was looking eastward from my balcony, and the light appeared to be maybe a couple of miles or so off the shore of Lake Michigan out over the water. I initially assumed this was a plane, but it was definitely stationary so I ruled that out. Then I figured it must be Mars or Jupiter because the object had a reddish hue to it and was relatively low on the horizon, but after checking a star gazing app, I confirmed both Mars and Jupiter were in opposite skies from the object. Next, I assumed a Chinese lantern, but this didn't seem likely from the start. The object was extremely bright and looked like a flickering flame. There were very strong wind gusts on the night of 10/17, so this object remaining stationary for an extended period rules out the lantern because it certainly would not have sat still given the strong winds. I went about my way and checked maybe 30 minutes later and the object was gone. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 17, 2016 · 7:21 PM · CIRCLE
Madison, IL
Distance was too great to gain detail or shape. ((ADDENDA FROM SOURCE OF REPORT)) #1: I do apologize for the mistake, October 17, 2016 was the date. Did not see a date entry for the form, I should have included it in the description.. #2: Additional Details: I was able to exclude the ISS and that night's rocket launch on the East Coast. I am unaware of anything else that could have been visible directly over head at my location "62060" moving west to east ESE 104deg. ((END ADDENDA)) Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
October 17, 2016 · 7:00 PM · CIRCLE
Taylorville, IL
It then stopped, became very very bright, shot eastward at a high rate and vanished.
October 9, 2016 · 6:20 PM · LIGHT
Aurora, IL
A orange light was in the sky for about 3 minutes. It then just disappeared.
October 8, 2016 · 11:20 PM · TRIANGLE
Illiopolis, IL
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 8, 2016 · 7:47 PM · OVAL
Chicago, IL
My wife and I were attending the San Francisco Giants vs. Chicago Cubs NLDS baseball game on Saturday, October 8th at Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL. We were seated in the center field bleachers. We arrived early to the game, and having my Canon DSLR camera with me, I decided to walk around the bleachers and take some photos of the crowds both inside and outside the stadium. As I walked behind the bleachers in left-center field, I took a photo of the people gathering on the rooftop of a building on the north side of Waveland Avenue. Four days after the game, I uploaded the photos to my computer and was intrigued by what I saw in the photo of the rooftop crowd. A fuzzy glowing object was in the sky in the distance to the north. It’s a bit difficult to discern a definable shape (perhaps several interconnected spheres?), but hopefully some type of photo-enhancement software might bring it out better. I noticed nothing in the sky when I took the photo. The night was clear, there was no blimp present, nor did I see any nearby small planes or helicopters. There was a slight breeze from the northwest, and I did see jet airliners to the north following their usual flight path from east to west to land at O’Hare International Airport. They were large and clear in the sky, and this does not appear to be one of those. I am sending a full resolution jpeg to your email.
October 8, 2016 · 11:15 AM · RECTANGLE
Champaign, IL
I looked up at the sky from my backyard and saw a rectangular silver panel (like the side of a Mac truck) with nothing else around it. It appeared to be at the height a hot air balloon or a blimp. It was just gliding along above the tree line. While I was observing, it made a sharp turn (90° turn), then dipped below my line of sight. It had to be at least the size of a large trailer home. Literally looked like a semi truck's haul was floating by. Gave me the creeps and didn't really sink in until an hour or so later that I had seen something that didn't make any sense!
October 1, 2016 · 7:00 PM · FIREBALL
Sullivan, IL
Me and my father were watching the space station on 10/1/2016. I walk into the house as my dad calls me out to see this burning ball that as it moved it left a strange trail. Also, it was dropping something from its bottom, multiple objects dropped and disappeared. Then the burning ball slowely started flickering and disappeared. It scared us both so I ran in the house to grab my camera. Then tried to film it but it started to fade.
September 20, 2016 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Oak Lawn, IL
I was driving from 111th & Cicero to 103rd & Cicero in Oak Lawn. While I was driving I saw a white light coming down Cicero that looked like the ISS. It had no blinking lights. I watched it and the red traffic light too at around 107th & Cicero it was moving at about the Sam speed as the other planes in the sky. At one time I thought it wad a star because it looked to be not moving. It went over head I stuck my head out window it had 2 white lights close to each other. I did not hear any sound from it going over head. It was weird. If it was a plane they didn't have any blinking lights on. It was just flying over the street Cicero going down it like it was interested in the cars going down the street. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD