UFOMYST
CaseRectangle1997

Orland Park, IL, USA

When pulling out of my driveway headed north I noticed a stationary bright white light above the west horizon which suddenly sped off t

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: 210s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-09-19
Where
Orland Park, IL, USA
Shape
Rectangle
Duration
3-4 minutes
Geo
41.630, -87.854 · exact
Slug
rectangle-over-orland-park-il-1997-96aa57
Wave

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In context

  • This is one of 45 reports logged in Orland Park, IL.
  • This case is one of 55 Illinois reports filed in 1997.
  • Rectangle craft made up 1.4% of 1990s reports, vs 1.7% across the whole archive.

Report

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