NUFORC Sighting 18851

Occurred: 2001-08-04 16:00 Local
Reported: 2001-08-06 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 1-2 min.
No of observers: 1

Location: Wheaton, IL, USA

Shape: Circle


white/silver circle at first stationary, then rising in altitude rapidly until no longer visible

Standing in the backyard of my sister's home around 4 PM in the afternoon, playing with my 3 year old nephew with squirt guns, I happened to glance upwards and saw, at an altitude which I couldn't determine, though it seemed to be as high as a commercial jet, a round whitish-silvery circle, which looked about the size of a pin-head from where I stood, motionless in a clear blue sky. I watched it for about a minute, and then it seemed to shoot upwards at a rapid speed, which caught me off guard, causing me to sort of startle, until I could no longer see it. Since my little nephew continued running around and playing the whole time, which was less than a couple minutes entirely, he didn't see it, not that it would be unusual to him if he did at his age.

Posted 2001-08-12

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