CaseLight1997
Woodridge, IL, USA
BLUE/WHITE LIGHT APPEARED IN SKY,IT FLASHED INTENSELY THEN DIMMED AND ACCELERATED HORIZONTALLY,THEN SLOWED TO A STOP WHILE ITS LIGHT SO
Report quality: Moderate55/100
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- Duration parsed: 60s, a plausible sighting length
- Detailed witness text (135 characters)
- Location geocoded exactly
- No other reports from this city within 3 days
- When
- 1997-08-17
- Where
- Woodridge, IL, USA
- Shape
- Light
- Duration
- app.1min.
- Geo
- 41.747, -88.050 · exact
- Slug
- light-over-woodridge-il-1997-a2ee59
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In context
- This is one of 10 reports logged in Woodridge, IL.
- This case is one of 55 Illinois reports filed in 1997.
- Light craft made up 16.2% of 1990s reports, vs 20.3% across the whole archive.
Report
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