NUFORC Sighting 72971

Occurred: 1998-09-02 21:00 Local
Reported: 2009-10-22 12:08 Pacific
Duration: :30 secs
No of observers: 1

Location: Schaumburg, IL, USA

Shape: Oval
Characteristics: Lights on object, Left a trail

One brightly-lit oval took off from the ground into the sky.

I was driving west on Algonquin Road, and I saw a streak go across the sky. It started slow at first, near the ground, and then it took off really fast and got bigger as it got closer. It was like a comet, but in reverse, like it was flying out instead of in.

Posted 2009-12-12