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Freeport/Rockford · IL, USA
A witness driving between Freeport and Rockford, Illinois reported a brilliant, round, disk-shaped object following their car for several miles late at night in July 1968, over ten to fifteen minutes.
Chicago · IL, USA
A witness in Chicago, Illinois reported an oval-shaped object with no wings, tail, or struts and a blunt nose and tail, resembling an elliptical fuselage, during a four-minute sighting in June 1968.
Downers Grove · IL, USA
Three witnesses in Downers Grove, Illinois reported a disk-shaped object flying by at roughly airplane altitude under clear morning skies in June 1968, during a sighting under five minutes.
Chicago · IL, USA
I've have seen a real alien up close.
Chicago · IL, USA
Witnesses in Chicago, Illinois, reported a saucer-shaped object with two and a half visible portholes and a red light on top, which moved away at high speed, during a sighting in November 1967.
Greenville · IL, USA
My son and I went to a ballpark close by to play- we were the only ones there, I happened to look up and right over us, were 3 round uf
Chicago · IL, USA
Witnesses in Chicago, Illinois, reported a triangular object flying low and slowly along power lines and railroad tracks at dusk, during a two-minute sighting in August 1967.
Peoria · IL, USA
Witnesses in Peoria, Illinois, reported two or three disk-shaped objects flying in formation during daylight, which then shot away quickly, in a sighting lasting several minutes in June 1967.
Glenview · IL, USA
Witnesses in Glenview, Illinois, reported a large ball of light hovering above a road, observed by an estimated 25 to 30 people during a sighting lasting 15 minutes or more in 1967 or 1968.
Galesburg · IL, USA
Witnesses in Galesburg, Illinois, reported a close encounter with an oval, saucer-shaped object during a sighting lasting two to three minutes in March 1967.
Rockford · IL, USA
Close encounter experience. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Zion · IL, USA
We spotted a large extremely bright light in the sky, maybe half the size the moon appears as a half moon. ((anonymous report))
Chicago · IL, USA
Witnesses in Chicago, Illinois, reported a cigar-shaped object during a ten-minute sighting in September 1966, noting that no aircraft were reportedly flying in the area at the time.
Caseyville · IL, USA
UFO in trouble?
Galesburg · IL, USA
Huge Disk Hovering Over Neighbor's Home
Waukegan · IL, USA
hummung hovering then quick exit
Chicago · IL, USA
It hovered straight across from me.
Peoria · IL, USA
Cigar shaped object with windows in it
Roscoe · IL, USA
Near Roscoe, Illinois on March 29, 1966, witnesses reported multiple chevron-shaped craft appearing to interact with one another in the sky over about 45 minutes.
Virden · IL, USA
12 year old sights Virden, IL UFO
Sullivan · IL, USA
Near Sullivan, Illinois on August 15, 1965, witnesses reported a round white light that swooped down at close range, paused, then sped away within about ten seconds.
Mt. Vernon · IL, USA
a late summer afternoon in a suburban neighborhood on a very clear day, with a moderate breeze blowing from the west. I looked up to w
Oak Park · IL, USA
In Oak Park, Illinois on July 7, 1965, witnesses reported an unidentified aerial light that hovered motionless for hours before performing unusual, rapid maneuvers over about ten minutes.
Chicago (Bridgeport area) · IL, USA
Witnesses in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois reported a light-shaped UFO in the sky on June 1, 1965; further sighting details were not recorded.