Case No. 11197

It was a Sunday in mid-September 1999, when the witness, a male, was driving on a main road traveling east near Glenview, a northern Chicago suburb. He stopped at an intersection for a red light and was the only person on the road since it was a weekend and he had just left an industrial park where no others were working that day.

It was a sunny day, with high, white clouds moving quickly through the sky, as the witness sat at the light, he noticed a large passenger plane flying towards his direction in the distance, preparing to land at O’Hare Airport, which was a few miles behind him. The clouds opened behind the plane to reveal a huge, metallic/mirrored sphere.

Although he could only see about what appeared to be about 75% of it because of the clouds, it looked spherical. The plane was flying right in front of the object, and comparing the sizes, the witness estimated that the object was at least fifteen times the size of the plane (that is to say, one could stack fifteen planes on top of each other in order to reach the height of the sphere).

But it was a good distance behind the plane, and he estimated it was well out over the lake, so the witness stated that the object was probably much bigger than fifteen planes tall. At arm's length, the sphere was about sixteen inches across. He was able to view it for about fifteen seconds and actually began counting as he saw it.

The mirrored surface was in large panels and reflected the surrounding clouds and sun. Then quickly moving clouds slid in front of the object and blocked his view. The witness reported that he could no longer see it after the clouds covered it and that he was emotionally upset for hours after viewing the enormous sphere.