We spotted a large extremely bright light in the sky, maybe half the size the moon appears as a half moon, but it was hard to tell the distanceIt was 8:30 at night, near Chicago, so it had long been dark.

EVENT DATE

Oct 15, 1966, 8:30 PM

LOCATION

Zion, IL, USA

NUFORC FIELDS

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SHAPE

Light

DURATION (NUFORC)

20-30 seconds(00:00:20)

WITNESSES (NUFORC)

2.0

CHARACTERISTICS (NUFORC)

NaN

NARRATIVE

The light showed brightly for a number of seconds then started to move slowly to the north, slowly at first but steadily moved faster.  It dimmed as it increased speed, shot to the north and faded to nothing.
I was a kid, 14 years old, so I couldn't judge distance or speed, but just before it vanished, it was going at a very high rate of speed.
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information.  PD

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