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Ottawa, IL

Sighted on Sunday 13. November 2016
Reported on
Shape: Cylinder | Duration: 40 seconds
Source:

Cylinder shaped object over Northern Illinois.I Seen a cylinder shaped object in the Northern sky at about 45 degrees, I noticed it because it appeared the sun was reflecting off it, As I was watching it, it seem to fade out then re-appeared maybe 2 miles away only to do the same thing again fading out. When it faded out the first time and moved it was instantaneous. Then I just read about some cylinder shaped object crash in Myanmar three days ago. Maybe some type of space debris. But it was odd then it didn't lose altitude and kind of hung in one place before it moved.

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