Illinois UFO Sightings in 1986

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1986 saucer with white lights over chicago downtown disappears after 10 seconds In summer of 1986 I lived at Mc Clurg Ct downtown chicago close to Lake Michigan the apt no was 20XX, so it was pretty high up. I awoke at 3:00AM went to my refrigerator to get something to drink then went to the window looked out and just above me was a saucer oval shaped with white lights streaming out very bright, it stood there for about 10 seconds and like lightening disappeared over Lake Michigan. Like it was saying goodbye.

Maybe perhaps I have been abducted.

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A silent motion drone craft appeared in my house. It was similar to a top and the color was similar to amber . The drone craft's appearance was similar to a toy top.

It was a spring day and I had some windows opened to enjoy the cool air. I was in my kitchen and just ended a telephone call when I walked into my hallway. I turned to the left adjacent to the laundry room and saw this craft.

I was stunned and also quite surprised. I was scared and walked down the hallway into my family room. The drone craft moved silently toward the spot where I was just standing.

I began to observe the motion of this craft. It was spinning silently counterclockwise. I said to myself, it looks like an old-fashioned top.

It had a long grayish, granite looking cylinder at the bottom with notches at the end. The color of the drone craft was a burnt brown color, almost like an amber color. There were gold tones with light glowing from inside.

Each rib on the top had a formation of what appeared to be hexagon or honeycomb shape. The very top had a grayish or charcoal surface. Since I was in the family room, I panicked and realized I was trapped.

The funny thing was I walked back into the hallway and got down low to go under this drone craft and it moved out of the way. The drone craft appeared to be looking inside my house. Looking in the living room, the bathroom and then into the family room.

I went to look for a camera, but when I came back. It was gone. I never knew this site existed and after looking in sitings in Illinois, it appears nothing like this was ever reported before.

This is an incident I will never forget. ((NUFORC Note: Date and time are approximate. PD)).

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SOCCER-SIZED CRYTAL-LIKE SPIKED BALL, Easily Missed If One Is Not Looking Directly At It. Soccer-ball-sized craft that I could see thru much like a dandelion flower seeds just before you blow them. It was made like a lot of spikes in two heights, though, and if I had not been looking in that exact spot at that exact time, I would never have seen it.

It was outside the window that overlooks the space between our building and the next, a width of about 5 feet betweein the two buildings. The day was overcast but it was light outside. No country, or group of countries could have made this object.

I heard it make no sound but, then, it was outside the window, and it appears to use the air as a stepping stone and it glided toward the window as I happened to look that direction. It stopped, pivoted once, paused, pivoted again, and left quickly in the direction from which it came. The best way I can describe seeing it is like seeing Predator, wherein one can look directly at it and not see it unless it moves.

And if you are looking a few feet to the side of it, one would not see it probably. It was too small to have occupants since it was about 10 to 12 inches in diameter and a portion of that diameter seemed to be made of spikes, but you can see thru it. It moved "with purpose", though, and could not have been some eye phenomenon because I saw it pivot twice.

I only saw it once, and have never heard of anyone quite describe what I saw, or at least I do not know of anyone whose description matches mine. I did see a fairly similar depiction of my craft, but is was all black in the book, and there was no additional informaton. I think a good description of the basic shape is that of certain pollen when viewed with an electron microscope, but that would be shape only.

The color is like a crystal that reflects the colors of the overcast sky at daytime. It did not emit lights or beams, left no trail, and did not land or make any sound. There were no lights on the object, no aura or haze around it.

It did not change colors any more than a series of crystals would. There was no aircraft in its vicinity, and it had no noticeable affect on any equipment in my livingroom where I was when I saw it. I do not have pictures of it.

My sense is that it was a probe of some sort, gathering information of some sort, and it may have taken a picture perhaps on the first pivot. Who knows? It is just a guess. ((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the incident is approximate.

PD)).