UFOMYST
CaseOval2008

Mokena, IL, USA

9/9/2008 ufo over a small body of water new lenox Ill. making a landing. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes

Report quality: Moderate45/100

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  • No parseable duration on file
  • Moderate witness text (99 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2008-09-09
Where
Mokena, IL, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
village hall
Geo
41.526, -87.889 · exact
Slug
oval-over-mokena-il-2008-52c738
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 23 documented reports from Mokena, IL in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Illinois logged 167 sightings in 2008.
  • Oval sightings ran at 4.7% during the 2000s (archive average: 4.3%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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