UFOMYST
CaseLight2001

Rockford, IL, USA

First thought to be an airplane, but its color, shapes, and hovering motion was unexplainable.

Report quality: High85/100

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: 2100s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (94 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 23 other reports from the same city within 3 days
When
2001-01-11
Where
Rockford, IL, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
35mins
Geo
42.271, -89.094 · exact
Slug
light-over-rockford-il-2001-42322a
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Cluster flap2001

    IL flap 2001-01

    IL, USA

    26 sightings in geohash dp88 (IL) during 2001 peak months 1–1; top shape light

    26 reportsOpen wave →
Local cluster

Local cluster

January 2001 was a busy month for Rockford, IL: 24 separate reports.

Flap

IL flap 2001-01

One of 26 sightings that make up the IL flap 2001-01.

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In context

  • This is one of 133 reports logged in Rockford, IL.
  • This case is one of 140 Illinois reports filed in 2001.
  • Light craft made up 21.4% of 2000s reports, vs 20.3% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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