I was in my van with my 2 children, headed east on West Main Street. In the eastern sky we saw a round, red object with smoke behind it. The object was dropping down. At first I thought it was an airpline on fire, crashing to the ground. Then it turned to the right (south) and travelled for several seconds and then vanished. As it turned the smoke became "squiggly". After the object vanished the smoke remained.
See summary above - do not have any additional information. Witnesses included a 42 year old woman who works in fundraising at a small, private university. The other two witnesses were the woman's two children; girl, age 11 and boy, age 5.
See summary above - do not have any additional information. Witnesses included a 42 year old woman who works in fundraising at a small, private university. The other two witnesses were the woman's two children; girl, age 11 and boy, age 5.
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Decatur
USA
50 seconds
50 seconds
39.84
-88.94
circle
IL
Occurred : 4/17/1999 13:20 (Entered as : 04/17/99 13:20) Reported: 4/22/1999 11:38 Posted: 4/26/1999 Location: Decatur, IL Shape: Circle Duration: 50 seconds Characteristics: The object left a trail, There was an aura or haze around the object
I was in my van with my 2 children, headed east on West Main Street. In the eastern sky we saw a round, red object with smoke behind i