UFOMYST
CaseUnknown2008

Moline, IL, USA

While driving southwest on I-88, we saw the western sky illuminate as if cloud-cloud lightning, but sky was clear and temp was in the 3

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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  • Duration parsed: 3s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2008-11-24
Where
Moline, IL, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
3 second
Geo
41.507, -90.515 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-moline-il-2008-eca788
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…

    Open wave →

In context

  • Moline, IL has 17 sightings on file here.
  • 2008 brought 167 reports from Illinois.

Report

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