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Wheaton · IL, USA
Large Cigar shaped object in Wheaton IL quickly disappears in the clear sky after cartwheeling north for a minute or two.
Beach Park · IL, USA
Disappearing cigar shape
Wauconda · IL, USA
Bright silver cigar-shape ( no visible wings ) moving towards the N.East. viewed over Bangs Lake.
Northlake · IL, USA
Possible UFO, around commercial Jet plane
Chicago · IL, USA
So it was after work around 1:45,i had gotten to the express way the 290 one,n the ramp to go towards indiana,for some reason i looked
Shelbyville · IL, USA
my daughters and son were waiting on church bus. My daughter suddenly points to object cylinderical,very long shiny. For a moment it
Carol Stream · IL, USA
Bright green object slowly moving across the sky.
Evanston · IL, USA
Object emerged from clouds and disappeared again
Illinois (central area; in-flight · 31,000 ft.), IL, USA
bright elongated object sighted from airliner over central Illinois in blue midday sky at much higher altitude than 31,000 ft.
Dupo · IL, USA
Large dark cigar sighted over Dupo Illinois
Chicago · IL, USA
Saw a Cigar like object that flashed a red beam at my face
Chicago Heights · IL, USA
high pitched whirling noise and random lights moving very quickly with sharp turns.
Crystal Lake · IL, USA
Cigar shaped oject over Crystal Lake, IL with one red and several white lights hovering slowly then faded into space leaving a trail
Chicago · IL, USA
3 cigar shaped lights
Tinley Park · IL, USA
Traveling south on Oak Park ave, about 172nd st, My son saw something in the sky, silver and Black, clear blue sky. He told me to look
Springfield · IL, USA
Objects seen during daytime, moving, hovering, and changing color.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
3 Red Lights over Tinley Park, IL
Blue Mound · IL, USA
The cigar shaped craft moved fast and extremely sharp turns then dissapeared in a blue light.
Granite City · IL, USA
Cigar sgaped (Oblong) Obejct seen hovering over Eastern Illinois
Canton · IL, USA
Dark colored cigar shaped object at high speed (no smoke trail)
Mt.Vernon · IL, USA
Silent wingless silver tube.
Bloomingdale · IL, USA
Silent balloon shaped object
Benton · IL, USA
Cigar shaped with two round objects in center.
Bloomington · IL, USA
I saw a flat, white-illuminated object near Bloomington, IL yesterday afternoon.