CaseDisk1997

Libertyville, IL, USA

I saw a disc shaped object glowing with a very bright, white light. It was the brightest and softest light I have ever seen. Even tho

Report quality: Moderate55/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 3600s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (133 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-06-21
Where
Libertyville, IL, USA
Shape
Disk
Duration
1 hour
Geo
42.283, -87.953 · exact
Slug
disk-over-libertyville-il-1997-84054a
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • This is one of 7 reports logged in Libertyville, IL.
  • This case is one of 55 Illinois reports filed in 1997.
  • Disk craft made up 7.1% of 1990s reports, vs 5.9% across the whole archive.

Report

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