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Mundelein · IL, USA
Yellow ball of flame traveling through the sky.
South Beloit · IL, USA
Orange /redish sphere in sky moving from north to south slowly dimming out then moving west /wsw. no noise.
Elmhurst · IL, USA
Bright orange cylinder with four bright flames in middle. Unmanned. Very quiet. Traveling east to west.
Monee Manhattan Rd · Monee,on i57 headed north IL 60449, IL, USA
Non blinking bright blue light slowly in sky over highway i57 illinios
Loves Park · IL, USA
Orange circle moving west near river.
Peru · IL, USA
(/\) - Large V shape object with 5 amber lights just above the tree-line moving silently at 10-20 MPH
Chicago · IL, USA
Fireball of light for 30 seconds on the south end of Lake Michigan.
Harvard · IL, USA
Fiery white orb in the sky.
Huntley · IL, USA
Five orange lights in diamond pattern with no sound flew slowly directly over head
Rockford · IL, USA
Strange Orange Light Balls Over Rockford Illinois
Lockport · IL, USA
No noise and nothing machanical about this orange object
Joliet · IL, USA
Many moving orange glowing lights over Joliet, IL.
Lansing · IL, USA
Observed what appeared to be a ball of orange fire that made no sound travel from south to north over my home for 3-4 minutes duration.
Joliet · IL, USA
We saw 7 glowing orange balls of light slightly above tree top level for several minutes. There was no sound. They took off straight up
Villa Park · IL, USA
Orangish, Red circle traveling in straight line
Blue Island · IL, USA
Bright white light in the sky.
Sterling · IL, USA
At first we thought it was a helicopter put it was to low and there was no no noise the there was another one and another and so on til
Hanover Park · IL, USA
Red/orange silent sphere
Hoffman Estates · IL, USA
Red, green, orange flashing small lights - no craft abservable - over an hour in the sky above us.
Springfield · IL, USA
Orange fire ball in springfield, il
Arlington Heights · IL, USA
7 circular orbs viewed traveling near fireworks displays in northwest Chicago area.
Edwardsville · IL, USA
Brightly light moving across sky and dimming until gone. ((NUFORC Note: Possible satellite?? PD))
Chicago Heights · IL, USA
Orange glowing lights over Chicago Heights, IL
Naperville · IL, USA
Observed a firey orb on a southwest heading out of the northeast during Bolingbrook fireworks show.