Size of Object(s)

Planet size...moon size...huge.

Description of Area / Surroundings

Urban...southeast of Chicago.

Full Description & Details

This thing was hanging very far away from me to the southeast...I am located in Park Ridge. At first, I thought it was Venus, it was the brightest thing I have ever seen in the sky. Even with the sun coming up...IT WAS VERY NOTICEABLE. EVEN IF PEOPLE WERE NOT LOOKING IN THAT DIRECTION WOULD BE DRAWN TO NOTICE THIS GIGANTIC OBJECT...EVEN IF IT WAS JUST VENUS. THERE HAS TO BE MORE WITNESSES...Chicago commuters on trains and subways or waiting for the train and cars heading on the Kennedy or I-90 East...with a clear view toward the SOUTHEASTwould have seen it for certain. All these folks are heading that way...stuck in traffic...THEY HAD TO HAVE SEEN THIS THING.

Oh...and aircraft were taking off in that general vicinity from O'Hare, Absolutely GIGANTIC bright light...in a perfect circle. Why was it NOT Venus? Because OUT OF NOWHERE...AFTER A FEW SECONDS...THE DAMN THING JUST ALL OF SUDDEN...VANISHED!! It did NOT fade away...or get covered by clouds...it just SHUT OFF. I waited for it to reappear, and sure enough it did...AND THEN STARTED MOVING WEST CLEAR AS DAY...IT MOVED WEST FOR ABOUT 2 SECONDS...THEN DISAPPEARED AGAIN. It is important to note that you can see it power up and there was a gigantic whoosh of a vapor trail behind it. MASSIVE VAPOR TRAIL...AND IT WENT FROM A HOVER TO MOVING WITHOUT ANY QUESTION IN MY MIND. THIS IS NOT ACCELERATED IMAGINATION. I WAS WIDE AWAKE AND I KNOW WHAT I SAW...THAT GIGANTIC THING CLEARLY MOVED WESTWARD.

I grabbed my camera and went outside hoping it was coming in this direction...I waited and waited and waited...and looked up.

There was the REAL VENUS...TINY. I am speechless right now...that was, by far the coolest thing I have ever seen. In surrounding areas SOUTHEASTof Chicago...THEY WERE EVEN CLOSER AND THE VIEW WOULD HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR...IT WAS ALMOST BLINDING BRIGHT...LIKE NOTHING I HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE.

Now I am reporting this before I take off for work...so I am in a rush, so hope this makes sense. This thing was hanging very far away from me to the southeast...I am located in Park Ridge. At first, I thought it was Venus, it was the brightest thing I have ever seen in the sky. Even with the sun coming up...IT WAS VERY NOTICEABLE. Now I am reporting this before I take off for work. EVEN IF PEOPLE WERE NOT LOOKING IN THAT DIRECTION WOULD BE DRAWN TO NOTICE THIS GIGANTIC OBJECT...EVEN IF IT WAS JUST VENUS. THERE HAS TO BE MORE WITNESSES...Chicago commuters on trains and subways or waiting for the train and cars heading on the Kennedy or I-90 East...with a clear view toward the SOUTHEAST would have seen it for certain. All these folks are heading that way...stuck in traffic...THEY HAD TO HAVE SEEN THIS THING.

Oh...and aircraft were taking off in that general vicinity from O'Hare Airport. Absolutely GIGANTIC bright light...in a perfect circle. Now...as you read this, I am sure you are asking yourself...Why was it NOT Venus or THE ISS? Because OUT OF NOWHERE...AFTER A FEW SECONDS...THE DAMN THING JUST ALL OF SUDDEN...VANISHED!!

It did NOT fade away...or get covered by clouds...it just SHUT OFF. I waited for it to reappear, and sure enough it did...AND THEN STARTED MOVING WEST CLEAR AS DAY...IT MOVED WEST FOR ABOUT 2 SECONDS...THEN DISAPPEARED AGAIN.

I grabbed my camera and went outside hoping it was coming in this direction...I waited and waited and waited...and looked up.

There was the REAL VENUS...TINY. I am speechless right now...that was, by far the coolest thing I have ever seen. In surrounding areas SOUTHEASTof Chicago...THEY WERE EVEN CLOSER AND THE VIEW WOULD HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR...IT WAS ALMOST BLINDING BRIGHT...LIKE NOTHING I HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE. It was like a gigantic ball of lightning...hovering...like some big planet, but it vanished, re-appeared...moved WEST SLOWLY...and disappeared again.

You can see Venus right now...in the Midwest...it is tiny. WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT THING? ANYONE ELSE SEE IT? I HOPE TO SEE ADDITIONAL REPORTS WHEN I GET HOME FROM WORK!! ESPECIALLY THOSE OF YOU FROM THE SOUTHEASTSIDE OF CHICAGO...ANYONE WITH A CLEAR VIEW FROM THOSE AREAS WOULD HAVE HAD THE BEST VIEW OF IT...it was also one of the largest moving crafts I have ever seen in the sky...beyond anything normal...PLANET SIZE.

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

Yes, until it moved from a hover. I just thought it was an awesome view of Venus and was more than happy to just watch it...it was so cool. Then...when that gigantic thing...in a bright blue sky...just TURNED OFF suddenly...is when I thought it was WEIRD. If it was Venus, why all of a sudden would it just not be there? I never saw Venus just blink off...you can watch it FOR HOURS...stars do not blink off. Too low to be a satellite or ISS. Planes WERE taking off in that direction FROM O'HARE AND THEY HAD TO HAVE THE MOST AWESOME VIEW ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PLANE. WHEN IT MOVED...FROM A STATIONARY POINT...I KNEW IT WAS NOT FROM THIS PLANET AT ALL.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I know that the universe is full of life and my mind is open to the idea that there are things we simply DO NOT UNDERSTAND. It is so hard to seriously have a camera ready to roll when something like this happens...so I am always skeptical, but I have never seen anything in the sky that I cannot explain until 2008. It seems to become more and more common and I have seen shoot up into the stars from a hover before. It showed me that it was not of this earth...that is what I got out of my sighting. It was observing earth. They must be so advanced, I bet how they travel...WE WOULD NOT EVEN BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND.

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