07/05/03 REND LAKE IL, 4PM TWO ROUND SHINY LIGHTS MOVING SOUTH TO NORTH
WHILE AT MARCUM BRANCH BEACH AT REND LAKE NEAR BENTON, IL (07/05/03) AT 4 PM CST, TWO ROUND LIHGTS WERE SPOTTED MOVING ACROSS THE SKY FROM S TO N PERFECTLY PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER. ESTIMATED ALTITUDE 10K-15K. EST. SPEED 5OO MPH. THERE WAS AN AIRPLANE CARRYING THREE SKYDIVERS TRAVELING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AT APROX.3K AND CLIMBING WHEN THE OBJECTS CROSSED OVER THEM. THE SKYDIVERS JUMPED OUT JUST SECONDS LATER. WE COULD TELL THE OBJECTS WERE NOT AIRPLANES OR ANY CONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT. THEY MADE NO SOUND OR CONTRAILS. THERE WERE NO WINGS OR RUNNING LIGHTS VISIBLE FROM THE FRONT, SIDES, OR BACK OF THE OBJECTS. THEY SEEMED TO BE REFLECTING LIGHT FROM THE AFTERNOON SUN AS THEY WERE WHITE AND SHIMMERING. OBJECTS WERE CERTAINLY NOT NATURALLY OCCURING PHENOMENA SUCH AS METEORS. THEY WERE HOPEFULLY WITNESSED BY SOME OF THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AT THE BEACH FOR THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY SIX HOURS LATER. WIFE,CHILD, FRIEND, AND MYSELF WERE AMONG HUNDREDS AT THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
WHILE AT MARCUM BRANCH BEACH AT REND LAKE NEAR BENTON, IL (07/05/03) AT 4 PM CST, TWO ROUND LIHGTS WERE SPOTTED MOVING ACROSS THE SKY FROM S TO N PERFECTLY PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER. ESTIMATED ALTITUDE 10K-15K. EST. SPEED 5OO MPH. THERE WAS AN AIRPLANE CARRYING THREE SKYDIVERS TRAVELING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AT APROX.3K AND CLIMBING WHEN THE OBJECTS CROSSED OVER THEM. THE SKYDIVERS JUMPED OUT JUST SECONDS LATER. WE COULD TELL THE OBJECTS WERE NOT AIRPLANES OR ANY CONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT. THEY MADE NO SOUND OR CONTRAILS. THERE WERE NO WINGS OR RUNNING LIGHTS VISIBLE FROM THE FRONT, SIDES, OR BACK OF THE OBJECTS. THEY SEEMED TO BE REFLECTING LIGHT FROM THE AFTERNOON SUN AS THEY WERE WHITE AND SHIMMERING. OBJECTS WERE CERTAINLY NOT NATURALLY OCCURING PHENOMENA SUCH AS METEORS. THEY WERE HOPEFULLY WITNESSED BY SOME OF THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AT THE BEACH FOR THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY SIX HOURS LATER. WIFE,CHILD, FRIEND, AND MYSELF WERE AMONG HUNDREDS AT THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
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Benton
USA
2 MIN
2 MIN
38.00
-88.93
sphere
IL
Occurred : 7/5/2003 16:00 (Entered as : 07/05/03 1600) Reported: 7/7/2003 6:34:07 PM 18:34 Posted: 7/16/2003 Location: Benton, IL Shape: Sphere Duration: 2 MIN Characteristics: There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
07/05/03 REND LAKE IL, 4PM TWO ROUND SHINY LIGHTS MOVING SOUTH TO NORTH