NUFORC UFO Sighting 182671

Occurred: 2024-08-15 23:58 Local
Reported: 2024-08-17 08:49 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 2 - Pilot

Location: Sterling, Illinois, United States

Shape: Orb
Color: White
Estimated Size: Airliner size or bigger
Viewed From: Aircraft
Direction from Viewer: At our10 O'clock position as we were flying East /Northeast
Angle of Elevation: 25
Closest Distance: 15miles or so
Estimated Speed: 1000 mph or faster
Characteristics: Lights on object

My Co-pilot a former Airforce pilot pointed out 3 objects to my attention.

We saw UFOs dancing around in the night sky above us near southern Illinois while we were at 35,000 feet, we were on our way to Cincinnati/ Kentucky airport from Austin Texas. My Co-pilot , a former U.S. Airforce B1 Bomber Pilot pointed them out to me .......we saw three UFOs .

I tried to take a picture and a video but they would fade in and out and disappear at times. One of them shot straight up and down erratically and then disappeared. I could not get a good picture or video as they would suddenly disappear and just reappear flying around in circles around each other,like playing around or dog fighting. They were not fighter jets, at that altitude according to my Co-pilot they must have been at 60,000 feet or so according to our estimates over southern Illinois and jets simply cannot fly that high.

There were thunderstorms in the area at the time….

These lights were bright! We saw three of them.

Posted 2024-08-22