CaseCross2006

Aurora, IL, USA

((HOAX??)) I seen a Cross shaped figure in the somewhat dark sky.. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD))

Report quality: Low18/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 1020s, a plausible sighting length
  • Brief witness text (55 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • Summary contains a HOAX marker
When
2006-06-09
Where
Aurora, IL, USA
Shape
Cross
Duration
15-19 Mins
Geo
41.761, -88.320 · exact
Slug
cross-over-aurora-il-2006-27777a
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…

In context

  • This is one of 34 reports logged in Aurora, IL.
  • This case is one of 144 Illinois reports filed in 2006.
  • Cross craft made up 0.3% of 2000s reports, vs 0.3% across the whole archive.

Report

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