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CaseSphere1997

Crystal Lake, IL, USA

I was laying on the sofa looking out the window at 2:00am with the Moon and Mars in the sky and all of the sudden I saw an orange-red b

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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  • Duration parsed: 4s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-02-25
Where
Crystal Lake, IL, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
3-4 seconds
Geo
42.241, -88.316 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-crystal-lake-il-1997-84faf1
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In context

  • This is one of 27 reports logged in Crystal Lake, IL.
  • This case is one of 55 Illinois reports filed in 1997.
  • Sphere craft made up 5.9% of 1990s reports, vs 6.5% across the whole archive.

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