CaseDisk1988

Wataga (near), IL, USA

Name: UFO sighting — Wataga (near), IL, USA
Start: 1988-03-15
Location: Wataga (near), IL, USA

SAUCER SHAPED UFO WITH DOME ON TOP.STOPPED IN FRONT OF MY CAR.HOVERED FOR SEVERAL SECONDS.THE OBJECT MADE A GREENISH BLACK BOILING CLOU

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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Duration parsed: 300s, a plausible sighting length
Detailed witness text (135 characters)
Location geocoded exactly
No other reports from this city within 3 days

When: 1988-03-15
Where: Wataga (near), IL, USA
Shape: Disk
Duration: 5MIN.
Geo: 41.025, -90.280 · exact
Slug: disk-over-wataga-near-il-1988-890b21

In context

Wataga (near), IL shows up 1 times across the archive.
9 reports came from Illinois in 1988.
In the 1980s, 14.3% of reports described a disk — the all-time rate is 5.9%.

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