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UFO Sightings in Mattoon, Illinois

9 documented UFO sightings in Mattoon, Illinois since 2003, peaking in 2007 (2 reports); most often described as light.

2003–2021 · peak 2007 (2 reports)

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I noticed this light a month ago and it seems to be in the sky almost every night.... It is scary how it moves around so quickly at tim

Flashing bright green and yellow circle flying across the sky and disappearing.

Me and my brother were leaving thanksgiving dinner, I was in my car and my brother stared pointing up, I got out and saw a very bright

Cloaked UFO in daytime over Mattoon, Illinois, watertower is huge. ((NUFORC Note: "Sighting" explained away by witness. PD))

Silver cylinder shaped moving slowly across sky N-NW direction. ((anonymous report))

Six, red, bright, non-blinking lights that hoovered for minutes and disappeared.

Yellow egg shaped object in the eastern sky; flew south

Red rectangle with bubble low in the sky.

Three extremely bright, blinking, white-orange lights sighted East of I-57 near Mattoon.