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Moline · IL, USA
A witness in Moline, Illinois reported a spherical craft with windows, rotating and moving up and down within about 25 feet of the ground, during a ten-to-fifteen-minute sighting in May 1972.
Schaumburg · IL, USA
UFO Lands In Mrs Larson's Backyard
Chicago · IL, USA
Witnesses in Chicago, Illinois reported a strangely shaped object in the sky near Midway Airport during a ten-minute sighting in March 1972.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
Saw a disc shaped craft with 3 lights
Beardstown · IL, USA
1970 mysterious light in beardstown IL
Mundelin · IL, USA
A witness near Mundelein, Illinois, reported a disk-shaped object in September 1970 whose unusual movement, more than its appearance, left a lasting impression during the brief thirty-second sighting.
Quincy · IL, USA
A witness in Quincy, Illinois, described a bright blue-white light in September 1970 and reported an unexplained gap in memory afterward, an incident lasting about three hours.
Seymore/Farmer City/Weldon area · IL, USA
Large Aluminun-colored "Saucer"
Lockport · IL, USA
Witnesses in Lockport, Illinois, described three lights chasing one another in July 1970, speeding up, slowing down, and making instant ninety-degree turns over about one minute.
Downers Grove · IL, USA
A flying-saucer-shaped object was reported traveling across the daytime sky over Downers Grove, Illinois, in June 1970, for five to ten minutes.
Geneseo · IL, USA
Early morning abduction
Chicago · IL, USA
A bright white, circular disk-shaped object was reported descending along the outside of a high-rise on Chicago's lakefront in June 1970, for about five minutes.
La Grange · IL, USA
Saucer sighting
Chicago · IL, USA
Three reddish-orange spheres were reported moving from south to north over Chicago, Illinois, in April 1970, following a mechanical, straight-line path for about one minute.
Olney · IL, USA
A cigar-shaped object about the size of a fifteen-hundred-square-foot home hovered roughly two hundred feet above a house near Olney, Illinois, for ten minutes in October 1969.
Rockford · IL, USA
A witness in Rockford, Illinois, described an object in August 1969 that resembled a vintage World War II-era aircraft but behaved unlike any known plane, during a three-minute sighting.
Geneseo (outside of) · IL, USA
Questionable Abduction
Champaign · IL, USA
Witnesses in Champaign, Illinois, debated in July 1969 whether an object covered in numerous lights resembled a disk or an enormous spider-like shape, visible about five minutes.
Peoria · IL, USA
A flying disk-shaped object was reported passing over northern Peoria, Illinois, one evening in July 1969, remaining visible for about one minute.
Barrington · IL, USA
((HOAX??)) shiny light and elecromagnetic energy.
Moline · IL, USA
A witness in Moline, Illinois described a series of sightings, including a dull silver object, spanning the late 1960s to late 1970s; this report is dated June 1969, lasting fifteen minutes.
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
Two witnesses, a driving instructor and his student, reported two large disk-shaped objects in Oak Lawn, Illinois in March 1969, during a thirty-minute sighting.
London Mills · IL, USA
I was working at the Mecco mine near London Mills, IL on 10/05/68. Fall was dry so need for pumps in the strip mine after a rain was
Crystal Lake · IL, USA
A witness in Crystal Lake, Illinois reported a cigar-shaped object hovering over a farm field in October 1968, observed for about thirty minutes.