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Highland Park · IL, USA
Bright light seen in the North heading south then to vanish in a red color.
Chicago · IL, USA
10-12 lights floating in a Y formation then separating in groups of 3, all while silent, no noise was made.
South Elgin · IL, USA
Object taking flight near Ohare Airport!!!
Woodhull · IL, USA
my wife & I saw a light the size of a star moving @ a high rate of speed from W to E. ((NUFORC Note:
Chillicothe · IL, USA
bright orange glowing lights traveling over Chillicothe, Illinois
Granite City · IL, USA
bright light, stationary,seemed to kind of roll then slowly dissapeared,
Deerfield · IL, USA
Strange, bright, blinking object over Deerfield, IL. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus, we wonder. PD))
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
Fast Moving Dim light Filmed going Past Bright Star
Geneva · IL, USA
Light/object in Western Chicago suburbs. ((NUFORC Note: Jupiter would be visible in the southeast sky, at this time. PD))
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
zoomed camera on light and filmed did not look light a plane no sound no blinking lights
Christopher · IL, USA
Bright light moving slowly with what appears to be aircrafts around it. ((NUFORC Note: Possible celestial bodies?? PD))
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
Purple light UFO 10 minutes after Power Outage
Downers Grove · IL, USA
Two bright lights in sky that almost hit then turned and went in various directions at high rate of speed.
Lincoln · IL, USA
Light(s) near a hot air balloon during a balloon festival at Logan Co. Airport. ((NUFORC Note: Possible lens flares? PD))
Hinckley · IL, USA
Bright lights hoving between trees and water tower
Streamwood · IL, USA
Red Light, no sound, Moves from SW to NNE, below low clouds, 10-15Sec then disappeared.
Zion · IL, USA
Large bright light above far north Chicago suburbs
Lombard · IL, USA
i saw 3 lights moving im similar ways some really bright moving and dimming from white then red then vanishing.
Nason · IL, USA
moving changing colored stars in big dipper
Wauconda/Lake Zurich (between) · IL, USA
Brilliant glowing red object in northern Illinois moving from the northwest to the south.
Chicago · IL, USA
it was up there with the stars, still and brightly shining then turned orange and darted away.
Naperville · IL, USA
5 bright orange glowing lights traveling over Naperville Illinois
Arlington Heights · IL, USA
Extra Star (What it looked like.) on the handle portion of the Big Dipper - Stationary then moved in a northerly direction.
South Elgin · IL, USA
A round shaped light with no movement. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Jupiter, or another celestial body?? PD))