UFOMYST
CaseChanging2005

Hillside, IL, USA

Initially observed a white dot in the northwestern sky which prompted me to obtain my binoculars to obtain a closer look. I then observ

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 7200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2005-10-01
Where
Hillside, IL, USA
Shape
Changing
Duration
1/2 hour
Geo
41.878, -87.903 · exact
Slug
changing-over-hillside-il-2005-3c1619
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave2004

    The Navy Encounters & the UAP Era

    U.S. training ranges (Pacific off San Diego; Atlantic off Virginia), then worldwide reporting

    The wave that renamed the subject. The USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' encounter (November 2004: radar drops from 80,000 ft to sea level in seconds, pilot visual by Cmdr. David Fravor, FLIR video) stayed classified-adjacent until…

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In context

  • One of 1 documented reports from Hillside, IL in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Illinois logged 209 sightings in 2005.
  • Changing sightings ran at 2.8% during the 2000s (archive average: 2.5%).

Report

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