NUFORC Sighting 42719

Occurred: 2001-01-11 21:00 Local
Reported: 2005-03-05 04:27 Pacific
Duration: 15 min
No of observers: 3

Location: Loves Park, IL, USA

Shape: Light


possible explaination of mass sightings in rockford illinois on january 11th 2001

in jan 11th 2001 there was a mass sighting in rockford illinois of glowing objects.moving slowly and dissappearing one by one.

i myself witnessed it. and after doing research i believe they were homemade hot air balloons. http://www.overflite.com/

here is a site i came across and the sightings on jan. 11th 2001 are consistant with homemade hot air balloons.

i myself live in loves park illinois just a little north of rockford. i watched as they glided across the sky and dissappear one by one in about 1 minute intervals. the sightinging lasted around 10 minutes estimate.

Posted 2005-05-24

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