NUFORC Sighting 77777

Occurred: 2010-09-12 01:40 Local
Reported: 2010-09-11 23:55 Pacific
Duration: 10 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Worth, IL, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail

Bright light seen streaking across suburban Chicago sky.

At approximately 1:40 a.m., we witnessed a bright white light that streaked from east to west across the sky over Worth, Illinois. It did not appear to be a meteor, and seemed to be inside our own atmosphere. The actual craft or object disappeared in about a second, but left a trail (much like a jet-stream) that took several seconds to fade away. The stream did not stretch for the entire length that the object traveled, but only about a quarter of it. The stream also appeared to glow a bit, like the tail of a comet. The entire duration of the sighting, from first sight until the stream faded away, was about ten seconds.

Posted 2010-11-21