NUFORC Sighting 133376

Occurred: 2017-04-01 01:10 Local
Reported: 2017-04-01 01:59 Pacific
Duration: <2 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Arlington Heights, IL, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

Airplane-sized light seen in night sky going abnormally fast before extinguishing.

Driving eastbound at night on Golf Road, east of Interstate 90, I saw a light, comparable in size to that of an airplane, becomes visible in my windshield as it speeds forward – so, also going eastbound. It was going about a few times faster than an airplane; it wasn't as though it was gone in a flash.

Very shortly after I could see it, it disappeared. There was no flourish when it disappeared, and while I've considered that it was just a reflection on the glass, it didn't have the sort of glow around it that light reflecting on glass usually has.

I also considered that it was a sort of shooting star, but again, there was no tail or glow around it.

I reiterate that the light looked exactly how a commercial airliner would have looked like in the night sky through a windshield; its behavior was what was odd.

The entire sight lasted less than two seconds.

Posted 2017-04-07

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