NUFORC UFO Sighting 183145

Occurred: 2024-09-14 22:00 Local
Reported: 2024-09-21 15:37 Pacific
Duration: Aprox 4 seconds
No of observers: 1 - Aviation Expert

Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Location details: The back of the apartment

Shape: Orb
Color: Dull orange
Estimated Size: Total formation 4 times size of moon
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: South south west
Angle of Elevation: 70
Closest Distance: Aprox 2000 ft
Estimated Speed: 2/3 speed of an inbound flight to O'hare

3 dull orange in a loose triangle formation moving west at half the speed of inbound airplanes to O Ohare

Sometime between 9.30 PM and 10PM, I looked up in the sky, from the back apartment porch, in a south south west direction, and saw either 2 or 3 dull orange orbs in a loose triangle formation that slightly altered their configuration around each other but maintained a United formation as they moved westbound slowly at approximately 2/3 the speed of a typical inbound aircraft approaching Ohare airport approximately 8 miles away. A few other aircraft were nearby and made their usual noise, thus I could not tell whether this orb formation emitted any noise or not.

There was a thin blanket of cloud above the object.

As soon as I saw the object, I got up to observe it better and I immediately was intrigued by the unusual nature of it. I observed this for a few seconds, then as it drifted out of sight past the tall building situated right next to ours, I immediately ran up the steps up to a higher porch deck to get a better view of the formation object in the western sky toward Ohare, but these orbs had faded out of view by then. Each of the 2 or 3 orbs were the same size and each orb was aprox 1/4th the size of a full moon, however as a collective formation, they were aprox 4 times the size of a full moon. Incidentally, the moon, in its 3/4 waxing phase, was nearby almost due south. The formation was approximate 70 degrees elevation upon first spotting it. The moon was visible among the light thin bank of cloud above. The objects appeared to be 2000-3000ft above ground level

Posted 2024-09-23