Live Intercept Case ID: 8c9e0b23

SIGHTING: MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS (UNITED STATES)

Sighted On

Monday 05. October 2015

Reported On

Monday 05. October 2015

Classification

Fireball

Duration

Undisclosed

Witness Testimony

"We saw an orange ball of light in the north west of Jefferson county Illinois. The light slowly ascended into the sky until it was no longer visible. There was a lot of air traffic in the area after the sighting. Including two planes flying side by side. The planes were to high to see what the planes looked like. "

Source: MUFON

Intelligence Discussion

Coordinates

Latitude

38.314°

Longitude

-88.8996°

Technical Specs

Classification Fireball

Duration Undisclosed

Source MUFON

Case Number #71194

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Location	Sighted on	Shape	Duration
perry	2024-06-26	tic tac	about 15 min
Carbondale, Illinois (United States)	2020-04-27	Star-like	00:05:00
Effingham, Illinois (United States)	2020-03-26	Sphere	06:15:00
Percy, Illinois (United States)	2020-02-08	Star-like	00:20:00
Harrisburg, Illinois (United States)	2020-01-14	Star-like	00:02:00
Highland, Illinois (United States)	2019-10-14	Triangle	00:10:00
O'Fallon, Illinois (United States)	2019-09-30	Oval	01:00:00
Scheller, Illinois (United States)	2019-06-29	Disc	00:00:03
Flora, Illinois (United States)	2019-06-27	Sphere	00:40:00
Salem, Illinois (United States)	2019-02-01	Triangle	00:00:07
Mount Vernon, Indiana (United States)	2018-11-06	Boomerang	00:15:00
Freeburg, Illinois (United States)	2018-11-01	Sphere	00:05:00
Freeburg, Illinois (United States)	2018-11-01	Sphere	00:05:00
Olney, Illinois (United States)	2018-09-21	Sphere	00:02:00
Perryville, Missouri (United States)	2018-08-28	Bullet, Missile	00:00:20
Centralia, Illinois (United States)	2018-07-07	Round	Unsure
Belleville, Illinois (United States)	2018-04-30	Too far to tell	About 1 min
Anna, Illinois (United States)	2018-03-07	Sphere	00:00:40
Alma, Illinois (United States)	2017-12-17	Sphere	00:05:00
Carbondale, Illinois (United States)	2017-12-09	Unknown	00:03:00
Carbondale, Illinois (United States)	2017-12-09	Unknown	00:03:00
Mascoutah, Illinois (United States)	2017-09-17	Triangle	five minutes
Baldwin, Illinois (United States)	2017-09-11	Cigar	00:07:00
Ridgway, Illinois (United States)	2017-08-15	Triangular	Little less than a minute.
Olney, IL	2017-06-23	Chevron	2 minutes
Marion, Illinois (United States)	2017-06-15	Triangle
Salem, Illinois (United States)	2017-06-05	Saturn-like	00:10:00
Nashville, IL	2017-06-03	Cylinder	2 hours
Herrin, Illinois (United States)	2017-05-31	Triangle	00:00:05
Eldorado, Illinois (United States)	2017-05-18	Unknown
Belleville, IL	2017-04-30	Triangle	5 minutes
Nashville, IL (United States)	2017-02-04	rectangle	ten seconds
Nashville, Illinois (United States)	2017-02-04	Square, Rectangular	00:00:00
Herrin, Illinois (United States)	2017-01-18	Triangle	00:07:00
Belleville, Missouri (United States)	2016-11-17	Triangle	2 minutes
Herod, IL	2016-11-11	Other
Harrisburg, Illinois (United States)	2016-09-17	Sphere	00:30:00
Stonefort, IL	2016-09-07	Light	3 hours
Nashville, Illinois (United States)	2016-08-04	Square, Rectangular	00:08:00
Murphysboro, IL	2016-07-16	Light	30 seconds
Lively Grove, IL	2016-07-02	Fireball	2 minutes
LaGrange, Illinois (United States)	2016-06-27	Egg	Undisclosed
Harrisburg, Illinois (United States)	2016-05-30	Star-like	08:59:59
Marion, IL	2016-05-07	Light	20 minutes
Mount Carmel, IL	2016-04-12	Light	20 seconds
West Frankfort, IL	2016-04-05	Triangle	1:30 to 2:55
Marion, Illinois (United States)	2016-03-31	Sphere and Triangle (3 spheres form almost triangle then combined as one)	1 to 2 hours
Makanda, Illinois (United States)	2016-03-27	N, A	Undisclosed
Marion, Illinois (United States)	2016-03-19	Sphere	Undisclosed
Belleville, Illinois (United States)	2016-02-26	Disc	00:02:00
Hoffman, IL	2016-02-19	Teardrop	5 seconds
Belleville, IL	2015-12-18	Teardrop	1 minute
Breese, IL	2015-12-03	Triangle	00:15
Belleville, IL	2015-11-13	Rectangle	6-8 seconds
Brownstown, IL	2015-10-22	Light	2 hours
Olney (Musgrove Park), IL	2015-10-19	Oval	90 seconds
Christopher, IL	2015-09-26	Triangle	2-3 minutes
Salem, IL	2015-09-22	Triangle	1 minute
Olney, IL	2015-09-21	Fireball	1 minute
Swansea, IL	2015-09-06	Sphere	15-20 seconds
Carbondale, Illinois (United States)	2015-09-05	Unknown	Undisclosed
Fairview Heights, Illinois (United States)	2015-08-27	Eye/saucer	20 minutes
Murphysboro, Illinois (United States)	2015-08-10	Circle	Undisclosed
Sandoval, Illinois (United States)	2015-08-07	Sphere	Undisclosed
Herrin, Illinois (United States)	2015-07-20	Disc	Undisclosed
Iola, IL	2015-05-09	Fireball	30 seconds
Swansea, IL	2015-05-08	Fireball	1 minute
Mount Vernon, IL	2015-05-03	Sphere	2 hours
Harrisburg, Illinois (United States)	2015-03-30	Triangle	Undisclosed
Louisville, Illinois (United States)	2015-03-28	Sphere	Undisclosed
Carbondale, IL	2015-03-19	Light	30 minutes
West Frankfort, IL	2015-03-16	Chevron	1-5 minutes
Fairview Heights, Illinois (United States)	2015-03-05	Star-like	Undisclosed
Harrisburg, Illinois (United States)	2015-02-24	Circle	Undisclosed
Goreville, IL	2015-01-26	Light	5 minutes
Odin, IL	2015-01-01	Circle	5 minutes
Effingham, IL	2014-12-28	Sphere	15 minutes
Galatia, IL	2014-12-27	Diamond	3 minutes
Belleville, IN	2014-12-20	Cigar	Few minutes
Carbondale, IL	2014-11-21	Light	1 hour
Newton (near), IL	2014-11-17	Cigar	3 minutes
Santa Fe, Illinois (United States)	2014-11-01	Bullet, Missile	Undisclosed
Mount Vernon, Illinois (United States)	2014-10-25	Sphere	Undisclosed
Reed Station Road, Illinois (United States)	2014-10-25	Oval	Undisclosed
Mount Vernon, IL	2014-10-25	Fireball	00:20:00
LaGrange, IL	2014-10-18	Fireball	4 minutes
O'Fallon, Illinois (United States)	2014-10-04	Sphere	Undisclosed
Carlyle, IL	2014-09-07	Circle	5 minutes
Waltonville, Illinois (United States)	2014-08-23	Unknown	Undisclosed
Carbondale, Illinois (United States)	2014-08-22	Star-like	Undisclosed
Sesser, IL	2014-08-17	Triangle	1 minute
Sesser, IL	2014-08-17	Triangle	1 minute
Leamington road (United Kigdom)	2014-06-23	Circular	10 pm in the back garden
Marion, Illinois (United States)	2014-06-21	Sphere	Undisclosed
New Baden, IL	2014-06-21	Teardrop	5 seconds
New Baden, IL	2014-06-21	Teardrop	5 seconds
Mount Vernon, Illinois (United States)	2014-06-18	Sphere	Undisclosed
Murphysboro, Illinois (United States)	2014-06-11	Sphere	Undisclosed
Nason, IL	2014-05-18	Unknown	9 minutes