Live Intercept Case ID: be448fa2

SIGHTING: CANTON, IL

Sighted On

Thursday 06. December 2012

Reported On

Thursday 20. December 2012

Classification

Fireball

Duration

10 minutes

Witness Testimony

"Orange fireballs in the sky.I was outside with my boyfriend and seen 3 fireball looking objects in the sky lined up. It was very low and big. It appeared for 2 minutes then disappeared from the current spot. Then it reappeared in another spot in the sky just as low as it had previously done. This went on for about 10 minutes. There was several other aircraft in the sky at the time moving towards the direction of the fireballs. "

Source: NUFORC

Intelligence Discussion

Coordinates

Latitude

40.5581°

Longitude

-90.0351°

Technical Specs

Classification Fireball

Duration 10 minutes

Source NUFORC

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