UFOMYST
CaseLight2016

Springfield, IL, USA

I noticed in the south eastern sky a greenish red flashing light. ((NUFORC Note: Possible star or planet? PD))

Report quality: Low35/100

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: 1200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (65 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2016-11-20
Where
Springfield, IL, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
20 minutes+
Geo
39.802, -89.644 · exact
Slug
light-over-springfield-il-2016-3cba86
Wave

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In context

  • One of 54 documented reports from Springfield, IL in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Illinois logged 156 sightings in 2016.
  • Light sightings ran at 21.2% during the 2010s (archive average: 20.3%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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