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Lake Forest · IL, USA
I observed a fireball with long tail that what I would normally consider to be a shooting star, except for color(distinctly green),size
Dekalb · IL, USA
Looked like a firey plane crash streaking across the sky. Very low, no body could be seen, only fire.
Galesburg · IL, USA
Fireball accross sky, didnt seem like meteor.
Elmhurst · IL, USA
Fireball object (2 of them) heading west to east at steady rate of speed. No sound emitted from the craft. Another followed behind.
Springfield · IL, USA
2 fireballs in sky.FA-22 Raptors intersepting its way
Elmhurst · IL, USA
Too fast for a balloon or blimp, too colorful and soundless
Rolling Meadows · IL, USA
2 Orange Fireball lights with random blinking pattern seen hovering 300 ft. above Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg Il
Hawthorn Woods · IL, USA
Glowing orange craft seen over Hawthorn Woods, IL on 07-04-08 at 23:35
New Lenox · IL, USA
Red -Orange object in early evening sky
Crystal Lake · IL, USA
Large Flaming Football-Shaped Object Over Crystal Lake, Illinois
Chicago · IL, USA
Brilliant multi-colored light hanging in the east-southest sky for over half an hour. ((NUFORC Note: Venus. PD))
St. Charles · IL, USA
I think there were humans aboard this giant ufo craft, The air forces span for hours. ((NUFORC Note: Star or planet? PD))
Rockford · IL, USA
Bright glowing object exiting earth's atmosphere w/ object ejmitted from glow at very fast speed
Ottawa · IL, USA
Driving west along Interstate 80, outside (west) of LaSalle/Peru, IL. Saw round green light object with a trail of light behind to the
Canton · IL, USA
Loud stationary craft that would grow with what looked like fire and then it would drop a luminous "pod"
West Dundee · IL, USA
A extremely large and brillant green ,and from my point of view curving with the earth moving so fast it could be missed with a blink o
Chicago · IL, USA
Falling fireballs above Chicago then flared up again while making circles
Ladd · IL, USA
We saw a bright firball going WNW and it lasted for about a minute and a half befor it burned out and probably landed as a meteorite. W
Elgin · IL, USA
orange fireball ball in east sky glowed for 2-3 minutes at about 4:17-4:20
West Dundee · IL, USA
hovering, flashing object in night sky
Chicago · IL, USA
Bright white object in sky of north side Chciago traveling west at a fast speed.
Chicago · IL, USA
A large, green ball of fire fell out of the sky over Chicago, viewed from just North of the city
Decatur · IL, USA
Was approaching Illiopolis IL on Interstate 72 headed east. Object came straight down all the way to the ground. It was huge, as bright
Chicago · IL, USA
they started out like comets from the sky converting into circle of lights moving side to side