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CaseLight1997

Freeburg (outside of), IL, USA

Blue light going from the east to the west very fast, no sound thought it was fireworks at the time.. After talking to everyone at the

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: 8s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-07-04
Where
Freeburg (outside of), IL, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
8 seconds
Geo
38.428, -89.914 · exact
Slug
light-over-freeburg-outside-of-il-1997-3578e1
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

    The Phoenix Lights

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In context

  • This is one of 1 reports logged in Freeburg (outside of), IL.
  • This case is one of 55 Illinois reports filed in 1997.
  • Light craft made up 16.2% of 1990s reports, vs 20.3% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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