NUFORC Sighting 135234

Occurred: 2017-07-18 13:00 Local
Reported: 2017-07-18 13:07 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Hanover Park, IL, USA

Shape: Sphere


A spherical, metallic object rising very high in the sky. Drone or something else?

I was sitting in my car in a parking lot when I saw something appear in the horizon, coming from the northwest. My first impression was that it was a balloon, as it floated and fluttered in the blue sky (no clouds whatsoever). It appeared to be spherical in shape, metallic, reflecting the sun. I also noticed that it slowly twirled in a circular motion.

Then it began to move upward in a more deliberate fashion, going way, way up in the sky, from the northwest to the east. Then it crossed my mind that it could be a drone but I’ve never heard of a drone that rose up into the sky that high, perhaps as high as an airplane.

I managed to snap a couple of photos with my phone, when it was closer to the ground, and I sent them to the link as requested.

Posted 2017-07-23

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