NUFORC Sighting 83813

Occurred: 2011-09-08 23:00 Local
Reported: 2011-09-09 19:13 Pacific
Duration: 3 min
No of observers: 1

Location: Volo, IL, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Aircraft nearby

orange fireball with a strange shape craft in the middle base height of cloud ceiling was 7,000 ft and 8,500 ft overcast object was moving from the north to southwest at a fast but stop and go motion when i first spotted it it was at about a 45 degree angle in the sky i followed it till it got to a 90 degree angle at which point it was directly overhead from me and continued to follow it movement until it dissapeared at roughly about 135 degree angle the opposite direction behind some clouds. it was a half moon that night but very bright and cloudy. object was about the same size as a small plain and appeared to be about three 400 feet in the air. it wasnt till it was directly overhead that i saw the strange shape in the middle of this fireball.

Posted 2011-10-10