Appearance / Description of Object(s)

The first set of lights consisted of 3 bright, flickering orange lights that formed the shape of an isosceles triangle.

Size of Object(s)

The individual lights were larger than lights you would find on an airplane and larger than stars and planets when seen with the naked eye. However, they were smaller than the moon appears to the naked eye. When looking into the sky, the full triangular shape was approximately 12 inches across and I would assume the actual size was 1 to 2 miles long.

Description of Area / Surroundings

The sighting occurred in my front yard in a suburban area - Joliet, IL. There are high tension wires very near the sighting, a train track, and Midway and Louis University airports have a high number of planes flying in and out of the area.

Full Description & Details

At approximately 6:45PM Central Time, I spotted a set of 3 bright, flickering orange lights in the sky, which appeared to create a triangular shape. The lights moved from north to south slowly, while keeping their triangular form for about 4 minutes. The lights then began to move as if the triangular figure was turning west. The lights then began to head westward and moved slowly out of sight. The entire sighting took approximately 8 minutes.

Following this sighting, at 7:18PM Central Time, I looked out the window and saw a set of 5 similar orange lights in the sky. These were in a more random order, but still moved slowly about in the sky. These lights were located more south-west of the initial lights.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

No.

Witness Background

I am a Speech-Language Pathologist working in a school.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

Before my sighting, I had watched many videos and documentaries regarding UFOs. I believed before and after that there is something else out there, but had never seen anything like this before.

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