Springfield (rural area near), IL, USA
This happened many years ago when I was a child. Object, 3' long, crystal type cylinder, pinkish color came in fast from the East and
Report quality: Moderate55/100
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- Duration parsed: 450s, a plausible sighting length
- Detailed witness text (133 characters)
- Location geocoded exactly
- No other reports from this city within 3 days
- When
- 1954-06-01
- Where
- Springfield (rural area near), IL, USA
- Shape
- Cylinder
- Duration
- 5-10 mins.
- Geo
- 39.802, -89.644 · exact
- Slug
- cylinder-over-springfield-rural-area-near-il-1954-15b12b
Part of a wave
The Great French Wave
France, spilling into Italy, Spain, and Latin America
The densest close-encounter wave ever recorded: landed domed objects on country roads, paralysis beams, and small suited occupants, reported by farmers and gendarmes across rural France at a rate of several per night.…
In context
- Springfield (rural area near), IL shows up 1 times across the archive.
- 2 reports came from Illinois in 1954.
- In the 1950s, 2% of reports described a cylinder — the all-time rate is 1.6%.
Report
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