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Hickory Hills · IL, USA
1 or 2 lights that were maybe UFO's.
Kingston · IL, USA
5 hovering lights near Kingston, IL.
Hoffman · IL, USA
Greenish white fireball ,that was going west in a descending arc, brightly visible for several seconds.
Rosiclare · IL, USA
7 "satellite" objects within five minutes? ((NUFORC Note: Possible sightings of satellites?? PD))
Joliet · IL, USA
At approximately 21:35 we heard a very loud noise coming from the sky. It sound like a very loud jet plane.
North Riverside · IL, USA
Bee-like flying light like the sun "star color brightness" and size of the moon from my bed!
Oswego · IL, USA
((HOAX??))3 lights.
Trout Valley · IL, USA
Green/orange chevron shape over Cary, IL.
Hampshire · IL, USA
Light was always in the same place and always last 2-3 seconds. Scariest thing was it went from the ground to the sky and was blue.
Elk Grove Village · IL, USA
I was outside with my boyfriend on our back patio. I live right next to airport so I'm used to seeing lots of lights and airplanes and
Antioch · IL, USA
Formation of orange spheres in sky.
Antioch · IL, USA
Seen in the E sky heading N at least 50 or more moving not in a flight path pattern bright red sphere shapes.
Warren · IL, USA
Bright star. but with binoculars I saw green lights with < in solid white inside right side of circle.
Skokie · IL, USA
I notice everyone stopping their car to take pictures of this reddish orange sphere.
Sterling · IL, USA
20 pulsing orange orbs fly a few miles before disappearing.
Blue Island · IL, USA
8 soundless low-flying cross-shaped "aircraft," flying from southwest to northeast over Blue Island - around 19:30-19:40 pm.
Brookfield · IL, USA
2 large ships in clouds that had 5-8 small x-shaped objects shooting back and forth between them.
Breese · IL, USA
This was not the ISS; I've never seen this!
Northbrook · IL, USA
White lights that glowed in and out continuously and moved around. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of a planet in the E sky? PD))
Spring Grove · IL, USA
Flashing lights over McHenry. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of a star? PD))
Belleville · IL, USA
I spotted a triangle-teardrop shaped object with white, red , green and blue lights! It stopped quickly and hovered a few seconds.
Berwyn · IL, USA
I looked up and noticed some beams of light in the sky right above our house.
Dixon · IL, USA
Very bothered by these expierences.
Plainfield · IL, USA
Changing red and lime green orb seen in the western sky of Plainfield, IL.