NUFORC Sighting 22953

Occurred: 2002-05-18 02:30 Local
Reported: 2002-05-21 22:17 Pacific
Duration: 1 minute
No of observers: 2

Location: Mount Prospect, IL, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

Hexagonal formation of white lights with a blue light offset from the center and a bright red flashing light

What woke my wife and I up was a sound like a cross between a really loud lawnmower and a helicopter, it then sounded more and more like a jet engine as it got closer. We jumped out of bed and looked out of the window, toward the northeast, and saw a cluster of bright lights at very low altitude. My best guess is about 3000-5000 feet. it looked like six bright white lights in a hexagonal cluster with a bright blue light offset from the middle and a flashing bright light near the bottom. The red light was the brightest of the lights. It was moving very fast from the east to the west. I ran to the front of the house and looked out of the front window to get a better view. and saw it for about another 10 seconds before I lost sight of it behind some trees.

Posted 2002-06-12