CaseCircle1970
Chicago, IL, USA
Three reddish-orange spheres were reported moving from south to north over Chicago, Illinois, in April 1970, following a mechanical, straight-line path for about one minute.
Report quality: Moderate55/100
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- Duration parsed: 60s, a plausible sighting length
- Detailed witness text (173 characters)
- Location geocoded exactly
- No other reports from this city within 3 days
- When
- 1970-04-15
- Where
- Chicago, IL, USA
- Shape
- Circle
- Duration
- 1 minute
- Geo
- 41.850, -87.650 · exact
- Slug
- circle-over-chicago-il-1970-62cd1f
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In context
- Chicago, IL shows up 413 times across the archive.
- 10 reports came from Illinois in 1970.
- In the 1970s, 10.5% of reports described a circle — the all-time rate is 10.6%.
Report
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