NUFORC Sighting 12346
Occurred: 1999-12-31 23:30 LocalReported: 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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