UFOMYST
CaseUnknown2016

Elwood, IL, USA

Large contrail running south to north then turned 90 degrees to the west. This contrail was 200% larger and seemed very low to the grou

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 1200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2016-11-13
Where
Elwood, IL, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
20
Geo
41.404, -88.112 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-elwood-il-2016-29c255
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

  • Elwood, IL shows up 3 times across the archive.
  • 156 reports came from Illinois in 2016.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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