NUFORC Sighting 60235

Occurred: 2004-06-30 16:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2007-12-08 06:24 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 2

Location: Chicago, IL, USA

Shape: Fireball

fire ball moving horizontally across sky

My husband ran from the front room to the dining room to show me a big light on the corner street. I saw a big light that lite up the corner intersection, and part of our street. Then we both saw a fire ball low in the sky, horizontally racing east. This fire ball was maybe 7 stories high. I called the police because we are on the flight path of Ohare airport and I thought a plane part fell or a plane when down. When 911 answered the phone, they asked where would it land. I said it had to be close because it was so low but it wasn't coming down in a vertical descent. It was confusing. I asked if there were any other 911 calls and they said no. There wasn't any reports of things crashing to the earth. The fire ball was maybe 8 feet across. This was years, maybe 2, before the Ohare reports and I didn't know what to make of it. Only after the Ohare reported sightings did I rethink this.

NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that the date of the event is approximate. PD

Posted 2008-03-04