UFOMYST
CaseFireball2005

Steger, IL, USA

We saw this light, almost like a ball of fire, going west to east at a fast clip, about the distance of a yard stick, it traveled.

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: 25s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (130 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2005-07-30
Where
Steger, IL, USA
Shape
Fireball
Duration
25 seconds
Geo
41.470, -87.636 · exact
Slug
fireball-over-steger-il-2005-1156ae
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave2004

    The Navy Encounters & the UAP Era

    U.S. training ranges (Pacific off San Diego; Atlantic off Virginia), then worldwide reporting

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In context

  • One of 6 documented reports from Steger, IL in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Illinois logged 209 sightings in 2005.
  • Fireball sightings ran at 5.5% during the 2000s (archive average: 6.9%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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