NUFORC Sighting 42656

Occurred: 2005-03-02 05:20 Local
Reported: 2005-03-02 15:27 Pacific
Duration: about 5 to 10 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Oaklawn - Hickory Hills, IL, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

I was driving on I294 near OakLawn when I saw a strange light in the sky that strobed white with red and green every few seconds.

I was driving to work this morning on I294. I was heading north bound on the highway and as I was coming up to the 95th St. exit, an object in the sky caught my attention. The time was 5:20am,(I had just looked at the clock when I changed the radio station). The object was moving across my vision from left to right so it should have been from west to east at that point. I couldn't tell much about the shape so I will describe it as more of a spherical point of light. It was a white light that strobed in and out fairly quickly. Every few seconds it would change color to red or green. Sometimes I could see the two colors at the same time. I was able to watch the object on and off from the 95th st. exit to almost I55. I lost it around there.

As I merged onto I55 a similiar object appeared in front of me again. This time a little bit closer but I still could not make out the shape. It moved in the same general direction as the object I had previously seen but headed a little bit more south east than directly east. It didn't change colors as often and it seemed to flash faster as the object picked up more speed. I glanced back at the road and when I looked at the sky again the object was gone.

The sky was clear and the moon was bright this morning. I could see some stars through the city lights. I do realize I was traveling through an area with two major airports and the objects could have been aircraft but they didn't act or look like any kind of aircraft I have seen around here.



Posted 2005-04-16

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