Occurred: 2012-10-13 20:30 Local
Reported: 2012-10-14 13:33 Pacific
Duration: 40 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Lemont, IL, USA

Shape: Oval
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

MULTIPAL YELLOW-ORANGE LIGHTS RISING IN NORTHERN SKY THEN DRIFTING EAST

FROM REAR YARD. LOOKING NORTH, BLURRY T SHAPE YELLOW-ORANGE (CANDLE LIGHT) LIGHTS GOING STRAIGHT UP AT FROM APPROX 9:00 O'CLOCK POSITION FOR APPROX 15 SECONDS. THEN DRIFTING EAST AND SLOWLY CLIMBING TO APPROX 11:00. THEY THEN STARTED TO DRIFT EAST THEY TOOK ON A MORE BLURRY TEE SHAPE. THEY DIMMED AS THEY WENT EAST AND DISAPPEARED INTO CLOUDS. THIS TOOK ABOUT 2 MINUTES. OVER THE APPROX 40 MINUTES THERE WERE AT LEAST 60 SEPARATE LIGHTS. THERE WERE INDIVIDUALS GOING UP, SOME TIMES TWO OR THREE AT ONE TIME, ONE TIME THERE WERE 8 AT THE SAME TIME. EACH TIME THEY ROSE AT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT RATES, AND SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT POINT ON THE HORIZON. LOOKED WITH BINOCULARS, ALL I GOT WAS A MORE OF A BLUR. COULD NOT FIGURE EXACT DISTANCE, ESTIMATE AT LEAST 3 MILES. THOUGHT THEY MIGHT BE ADVERTISING BALLOONS.

Posted 2012-10-30

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