UFOMYST
CaseCircle1989

Beardstown, IL, USA

seen 2 gold circular shaped lights in northeast region of sky. The first light slowly dimmed out, and then a second gold light jus

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 3600s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (130 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1989-07-09
Where
Beardstown, IL, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
1hr
Geo
40.018, -90.424 · exact
Slug
circle-over-beardstown-il-1989-2e91ea
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1989–1991

    The Belgian Triangle Wave

    Belgium (Eupen, Wallonia, Brussels corridor)

    The definitive black-triangle wave: silent, slow platforms with three corner lights, reported by gendarmes, air-traffic controllers, and thousands of citizens. On the night of March 30-31, 1990, Belgian F-16s scrambled…

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In context

  • One of 6 documented reports from Beardstown, IL in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Illinois logged 14 sightings in 1989.
  • Circle sightings ran at 8.2% during the 1980s (archive average: 10.6%).

Report

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