8/2/2012: Chicago, IL, USA

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Occurred : 8/2/2012 15:00 (Entered as : 8/2/121 15:00) Reported: 8/10/2012 10:19:45 AM 10:19 Posted: 8/19/2012 Location: Chicago, IL Shape: Cigar Duration: <5 minutes Characteristics: There was an aura or haze around the object, There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
Shiny silver blimp-like aircraft - no wings.. I was driving south on Pulaski Rd. @ Avondale Ave. which is just past the Kennedy Xway, and I happen to look up because weather reports were for rain. The sky background was not cloudy by grayish and dark as though an artist was painting a background in one fell swoop. In FRONT of the background was a SILVER (shiny and bright) ship looking like a BLIMP, more than a cigar shape. I thought it strange because I did look for wings and there were none. It appeared to be facing east. I looked away at the traffic in front of me (bumper to bumper) and then looked back at the sky and no more blimp! I looked at the sky as much as I could from the driver's seat of a car and could not see any blimp. I did see see a regular passenger plane flying west towards O'Hare about 3 to 4 seconds after seeing the blimp. I pondered what I saw later and surmised that it did not appear that the blimp was moving at all or hardly at all. The entire episode lasted less that 4 or 5 minutes.

National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report

Occurred : 8/2/2012 15:00 (Entered as : 8/2/121 15:00)
Reported: 8/10/2012 10:19:45 AM 10:19
Posted: 8/19/2012
Location: Chicago, IL
Shape: Cigar
Duration: <5 minutes
Characteristics: There was an aura or haze around the object, There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object

Shiny silver blimp-like aircraft - no wings..

I was driving south on Pulaski Rd. @ Avondale Ave. which is just past the Kennedy Xway, and I happen to look up because weather reports were for rain. The sky background was not cloudy by grayish and dark as though an artist was painting a background in one fell swoop. In FRONT of the background was a SILVER (shiny and bright) ship looking like a BLIMP, more than a cigar shape. I thought it strange because I did look for wings and there were none. It appeared to be facing east.

I looked away at the traffic in front of me (bumper to bumper) and then looked back at the sky and no more blimp! I looked at the sky as much as I could from the driver's seat of a car and could not see any blimp. I did see see a regular passenger plane flying west towards O'Hare about 3 to 4 seconds after seeing the blimp.

I pondered what I saw later and surmised that it did not appear that the blimp was moving at all or hardly at all. The entire episode lasted less that 4 or 5 minutes.