NUFORC Sighting 172381

Occurred: 2019-04-13 23:25 Local
Reported: 2022-10-13 19:08 Pacific
Duration: Hour-ish
No of observers: 3

Location: Bartlett, IL, USA
Location details: W Bartlett Rd near intersection with Rt 59, and Struckman Blvd

Shape: Cross
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

Plus signs with lights on each tip moving erratically

(Disclaimer: This is an old story from when I was in high school, I've since moved away. I still remember it like it was yesterday. I have several videos but will not put them online as part of them takes place at my house) My friends and I were driving around and saw a strange aircraft, a cross shape with rounded ends like two popsicle sticks. There was a white light on each end. It flew straight, stopped in midair and hovered, then flew another direction without turning. We tried following it, but we noticed a lot of helicopters in the sky including one that seemed to always be going the same way we were, so we grew anxious and gave up the chase. We witnessed the aircraft again (or a different one) near the intersection of Bartlett & 59, and this time it was doing flips in the air. About the size of a 747 or something but definitely not a plane. It would rotate upside down (if it even had a sense of 'upside down'), fly around, stop on a dime, go a different direction, go straight up or straight down while parallel to the ground, a lot of different things. It flew off to the north and we gave up following. Then we saw another one on Struckman Blvd near Sunrise Park. It was the most active, doing barrel rolls and all the actions described above. It was also lower in the sky, so we got a sense of how big it was. As we headed home, suddenly the sky was full of big passenger planes (Boeings and such) flying extremely low with bright lights on, so bright they functioned as spotlights on the ground and too low to realistically land anywhere except the small local airport (though that was in a different direction). Obviously they didn't crash, but it seemed like they were looking for something.

Posted 2022-12-22

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