CaseSphere1964

Rockford, IL, USA

Name: UFO sighting — Rockford, IL, USA
Start: 1964-07-01
Location: Rockford, IL, USA

A FRIEND AND I WERE 14 YEARS OLD. WE WERE WALKING TO A ROOT BEER STAND. WE THEN NOTICED A SMALL OBJECT THE SIZE OF THE TI

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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Duration parsed: 120s, a plausible sighting length
Detailed witness text (121 characters)
Location geocoded exactly
No other reports from this city within 3 days

When: 1964-07-01
Where: Rockford, IL, USA
Shape: Sphere
Duration: 2 minutes
Geo: 42.271, -89.094 · exact
Slug: sphere-over-rockford-il-1964-1b9d8a

In context

Rockford, IL has 133 sightings on file here.
1964 brought 10 reports from Illinois.
The 1960s skewed 7.8% sphere reports; the archive-wide figure is 6.5%.

Report

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