NUFORC Sighting 12346

Occurred: 1999-12-31 23:30 Local
Reported: 2000-03-14 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 3-5 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Rockford, IL, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

3 orange lights hovering in the sky east of Rockford, IL, on the outskirts of town toward Belvidere, IL.

I was walking a friend's dog on New Year's Eve outside a home that sits high on a hill in the country, on the outskirts of Rockford, IL. I was marvelling at how clear the skies were, and noticed what I thought were airplanes stacked-up to land at O'Hare airport (about 80 miles away).

I asked my friends to come out and see this, but of course no one budged.

I didn't think anything more of it until the next day when CNN reported that most major airports across the US ceased operations by about 9:30pm because of Y2K concerns. O'Hare was one of the airports mentioned by name.

The next day, I started hearing reports of lights in the sky over Rockford. What I observed were three lights with a glowing amber/orange color that seemed to hover in a triangular formation.

Posted 2000-03-16

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