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Waukegan · IL, USA
Bright green pinpoint light moving very fast in the sky. (("Spacelink satellites??))
Waukegan · IL, USA
Bright green pinpoint light moving very fast in the sky
Rankin · IL, USA
Large and small fireball object
Danville · IL, USA
Huge orange burning ball in sky. Saw for about 15 seconds then it was gone. ((anonymous report))
Galesburg · IL, USA
Fire spots with sparks in the southern sky - several miles to the south and pretty high in sky (45 degree angle from ground?)
Sparland · IL, USA
I was getting ready to go to bed and my dog started whining. I look outside and saw a huge orangeish red fiery light. I got pics and vi
Mt. Prospect · IL, USA
Bright fireball moving North to South over Mt. Prospect.
Springfield · IL, USA
Red ball steadily across night sky followed by second one 4 min later
Geneva · IL, USA
Intense red orb flying in irregular speed and direction at dusk.
Chicago · IL, USA
Three ufos. Fire type over Humboldt Park.
Des Plaines · IL, USA
Fireball in sky near O'Hare Airport.
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
Oak Lawn, Illinois, Bright greenish/white floating ball of light came from the sky like a projectile leaving behind a red trail.
Chicago · IL, USA
We saw a greenish white fireball drop out of the sky on the night of December 26th near O'Hare Airport.
Centerville · IL, USA
We where just sitting in the car an we seen 2 lights but it looked like car lights in the sky so that caught our attention knowing plai
Sullivan · IL, USA
Me and my father were watching the space station on 10/1/2016. I walk into the house as my dad calls me out to see this burning ball th
Chicago (Wood Dale) · IL, USA
Around 11 PM, my family called to tell me there were strange red/orange lights in the sky. I went out and after a few minutes of waitin
Elgin · IL, USA
9:00pm CST, 9/4/16, fireball-like objects observed over Elgin, IL.
New Lenox · IL, USA
About a dozen fireballs passing overhead in single file but irregularly spaced. ((anonymous report))
Hazel Crest · IL, USA
10-12 yellow/orange fireballs moving in strange formation no sound and sequentially disappearing.
Lively Grove · IL, USA
Orange fireball heading east to west, then went upward and dissappeared.
Downers Grove · IL, USA
silent orange ball of fiery light over Downers Grove, Illinois
Lake Zurich · IL, USA
In a 1-minute period, there were 3 fireballs heading north spced evenly apart.
Godfrey · IL, USA
Saw the light falling from the sky very quickly and disappear before hitting ground. ((NUFORC Note: Meteor? Anonymous report. PD))
Schaumburg · IL, USA
There was a big light that looked like a blood moon then we realized that the object was giving off a red aura Then slowly floated away