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Calumet City · IL, USA
red sphere in southren sky at twilight moving north in the eastern sky - chicago area
Fox Lake · IL, USA
Before firework display, we were sitting on our boat having a good time waiting for the fireworks to start. We look up and see this or
Chicago · IL, USA
12 spheres spotted over NW Side of Chicago-light colored. Traveled NE.
Riverside · IL, USA
Bright spere flying through the sky
Oak Forest · IL, USA
I was photgraphing the sun using binoculars and solar filters and later saw an object in the photo.
South Elgin · IL, USA
Redish Sphere moving at high speed across the night sky.
Barrington · IL, USA
orange spheres vivble at dusk
Park Ridge · IL, USA
((HOAX??)) It looked like lightening in a huge circular sphere.
Chicago · IL, USA
Glowing amber orb flying through sky at night
Frankfort · IL, USA
White Ghost Like Figures Hazey Very Low In The Sky Seen In Our Back Yard Frankfort, IL
Gurnee · IL, USA
Large orange orb moving south to north across the eastern sky just prior to sunset.
Naperville · IL, USA
Bright orange sphere moving at an extremely fast speed, North-Eastern Illinois
Williamson County · IL, USA
A huge Sphere metallic shiny object in afternoon sky,
Crestwood · IL, USA
Spherical object maintains position in sky for ten minutes over approach path to Midway Airport
Lemont · IL, USA
4 orange glowing spheres with a plamsa emissions around each craft.
Lombard · IL, USA
Round craft flying low over Unincorporated Lombard
Joliet · IL, USA
Three spheres at high altitude over Joliet Ill.
St. Charles · IL, USA
I departed DuPage Airport in West Chicago, IL to the west at 10:00. About 10 minutes into the flight at 2,500 feet, I noticed something
Park Forest · IL, USA
Twin dots heading southwest near chicago. ((NUFORC Note: ISS orbiting with Space Shuttle. PD))
Carol Stream · IL, USA
Speefy fat disk shaped craft spotted against a cloudy sky.
O'Fallon · IL, USA
it was old and just repaired
Genoa · IL, USA
A white ball of light made several appearances of the course of several months while taking many shapes.
Naperville · IL, USA
bulbous metallic craft at low altitude moving north to south at speed much faster than blimp.
Henning · IL, USA
large shinning yellow-white sphere moving SSE,slowly then disappear, smaller red disc accompanying object stopped and remain in sight