NUFORC Sighting 105075

Occurred: 2013-12-04 16:30 Local
Reported: 2013-12-04 14:52 Pacific
Duration: 3 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Hoffman estates, IL, USA

Shape: Flash
Characteristics: Animals reacted

Giant bursts of light fill sky.

I caught the glimpse of crafts exiting the atmosphere rather fast. Hard to tell their exact shape. At about 30 degrees off the eastern horizon (closest intersection Higgins and Huntington) I saw a huge flash of bright yellow/white light. The flash was so bright it illuminated the whole sky and the outside as if it were daylight but only for a few milliseconds. Then about 2 minutes later I saw the exact same thing. No sounds produced. No known aircraft (presently cloudy, drizzling). If I hadn't already been looking out the window trying to figure out the first flash I would have missed the second one. One thing to note although probably not related, was at the exact moment of only the first flash there was a single dog bark.

Posted 2013-12-05