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Cordova · IL, USA
Orange light traveling south along Mississippi River TOTALLY SILENT
Clarendon Hills · IL, USA
Observable with changes in direction. No real detail 99% of the time with some brilliant exceptions.
Beckeymeyer · IL, USA
6 of us were sitting around the picnic table and saw something burn into earth's atmosphere for a few seconds. It ended after about a
Deerfield · IL, USA
Fireballs over Deerfield, IL
Midlothian · IL, USA
floating circle object over midlothian, IL
Calumet City · IL, USA
red sphere in southren sky at twilight moving north in the eastern sky - chicago area
Fox Lake · IL, USA
Before firework display, we were sitting on our boat having a good time waiting for the fireworks to start. We look up and see this or
South Elgin · IL, USA
10 orange/red round objects size of a large plane lights at night - this happened during fourth of July fireworks, 500 Lights On Objec
Algonquin · IL, USA
Single fire colored object spotted moving in a slow and nonlinear way
Chicago · IL, USA
3 red lights seen over Chicago
Chicago · IL, USA
three organe glowing lights, no airplane winges, evenly spaced going out of sight.
Streamwood · IL, USA
Large Orange Hazy Glowing Circular Orb Moved E to West over Streamwood, Il. (prob. O'hare Airport too)
Park Ridge · IL, USA
The object stayed in the sky in one spot for about 40 seconds after i spotted it, then i turned to point it out and it disappeared
Barrington Hills · IL, USA
Nearly vertical series of lights (12 or 14 bluish with fucshia at the top) over Barrington Hills lasting for four seconds.
Iuka · IL, USA
BIG ORANGE CIRCLE GLOW OF LIGHT OVER FIELDS OF ILLINOIS.
Streamwood · IL, USA
Thunder like noise and small light
Buffalo Grove · IL, USA
While sitting outside with a friend, looking out west into the distance I saw an orange light moving southeast towards us. This little
Chicago · IL, USA
Odd pulsing lights west of Chicago
Orland Hills · IL, USA
strange objects in the sky
Gridley · IL, USA
Multiple Moving Stars in Rural IL. ((NUFORC Note: ISS sighting. Satellites are different sizes, and have different albedos. PD))
Spring Valley · IL, USA
Bright, light, bounces across the night sky.
Alton · IL, USA
huge triangle shaped object with 3 extremely bright lights on bottom
Odin · IL, USA
Jet Aircraft chase Ball of Light over Odin Illinois. ((NUFORC Note: Maybe not a serious report?? PD))
Willowbrook · IL, USA
I was sitting at the red light in traffic when for no apparent reason my eyes focused on the sky, it was partly cloudy day sunny, when