SIGHTING: ALTON, IL

Witness Testimony

"On April 10th around 12:10 am I was taking my dog outside before going to bed. I noticed lights in the sky toward the south west. At first, I thought it was a medical helicopter as there is a hospital about 8 miles away. But I shortly after noticed the lack of sound. For a helicopter as close and low as it appeared there would be a sound especially in the still night. I also began to notice that it was not moving in any direction. Just hovering with a random blinking light below. The lights would blink in 2 outter lights and then one larger inner circle of light. I took out my phone to snap pics. After only getting a few photos the object disappeared. Lights, outside structure. It was gone. Being night I wish the quality of photos were better. In the 3 photos one shows my distance fully zoomed out and the next 2 are zoomed photos. You can make out part of the outside structure in the zoomed photos. If it is not a ufo I would love suggestions. "