NUFORC Sighting 175816

Occurred: 1972-08-25 01:04 Local
Reported: 2023-05-17 13:19 Pacific
Duration: 5, 10 minutes?
No of observers: -4

Location: Rolling Meadows, IL, USA
Location details: Rolling Meadows, Illinois radio station tower WGN

Shape: Disk

Silver object hovering around radio tower.

On August 25, 1972, a man named Richard Miller was working as a security guard at the Rolling Meadows, Illinois radio station WGN when he saw a strange object in the sky. The object was described as being about the size of a car and was emitting a bright light. Miller watched as the object flew over the radio tower and then disappeared into the night sky. Miller reported the incident to the police, but no one was able to find any evidence of the object. However, Miller's story was not the only one. Several other people reported seeing a similar object in the sky around the same time.
One of the most credible witnesses was a police officer named James O'Connor. O'Connor was driving home from work when he saw the object. He described it as being a "silver disc" that was flying "at a high rate of speed." O'Connor followed the object for several miles, but it eventually disappeared into the clouds.The 1972 Rolling Meadows UFO incident is one of the most well-documented UFO sightings in history. There is no definitive explanation for what Miller and O'Connor saw, but many people believe that it was a genuine UFO encounter.

Here are some additional details about the incident:

The object was seen by multiple witnesses, including a police officer.

The object was described as being about the size of a car and was emitting a bright light.

The object flew over the radio tower and then disappeared into the night sky.

No evidence of the object was ever found.

My brother was a police officer of Schaumburg (a suburb near Rolling Meadows) and he was also working the night shift. He told us the next day about what happened and said the fire department crew from various suburbs also saw this object. As he told us this incident that occurred the night before, my younger brother said he saw a helicopter land in back of our house near the corn fields and two men dressed in white hazmat suits were holding some kind of devices surveying the land. He said they collected some dirt and got back in the helicopter and flew off? We all wondered why a helicopter would land in back of our house, especially the morning after the ufo incident the night before.

Posted 2023-05-19