CaseUnknown1959
Jacksonville, IL, USA
In late 1959, a witness in Jacksonville, Illinois, reported bright lights from a hovering, unidentified object that emitted a repetitive electrical-sounding noise, for about a minute.
Report quality: Moderate55/100
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- Duration parsed: 60s, a plausible sighting length
- Detailed witness text (183 characters)
- Location geocoded exactly
- No other reports from this city within 3 days
- When
- 1959-10-01
- Where
- Jacksonville, IL, USA
- Shape
- Unknown
- Duration
- 1 minute
- Geo
- 39.734, -90.229 · exact
- Slug
- unknown-over-jacksonville-il-1959-f55bb4
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In context
- One of 11 documented reports from Jacksonville, IL in the UFOMYST archive.
- Illinois logged 2 sightings in 1959.
Report
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