UFOMYST
CaseTriangle2006

Canton, IL, USA

A large black triangle with 3 lights was seen outside of Canton, Illinois on 5-1-06.

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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: 240s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (84 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2006-05-01
Where
Canton, IL, USA
Shape
Triangle
Duration
4 min.
Geo
40.558, -90.035 · exact
Slug
triangle-over-canton-il-2006-b831e2
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave2004

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    U.S. training ranges (Pacific off San Diego; Atlantic off Virginia), then worldwide reporting

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In context

  • One of 12 documented reports from Canton, IL in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Illinois logged 144 sightings in 2006.
  • Triangle sightings ran at 10.1% during the 2000s (archive average: 9%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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