Tonight, on our way home from dinner in Northern Illinois, we stumbled upon something intriguing. We had noticed five orbs on our drive, but we didn’t begin recording until these orange orbs started moving. That’s when the real adventure began. Initially, we mistook these orbs for a tall electrical or cell tower. We argued about whether there was even one of those towers in our vicinity. But then, the balls or orbs started moving in an unusual pattern, unlike the typical behavior of aircraft.
We live approximately 60-70 miles from O’Hare Airport and frequently see planes and aircraft heading in that direction. However, these orbs were moving in the opposite direction, north to south. After about two to three minutes of observing the first two orbs, two more appeared, traveling much faster towards the first two. To conclude this extraordinary spectacle, we spotted a single last orb cruising swiftly in a straight line towards the first four orbs, almost as if trying to catch up.
We are well aware of Starlink satellites passing over us occasionally, but these orbs are not that. They are something far more intriguing.
Pretty_Substance_312 on
Looks like Chinese lanterns
They are basically paper lanterns that have a candle inside, the heat warms up the air in the lantern and presto, it rises in the air and the jet streams just whisk them away
R2robot on
Looks like sky lanterns. Fast ones, but still look like they’re drifting at wind speeds.
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Tonight, on our way home from dinner in Northern Illinois, we stumbled upon something intriguing. We had noticed five orbs on our drive, but we didn’t begin recording until these orange orbs started moving. That’s when the real adventure began. Initially, we mistook these orbs for a tall electrical or cell tower. We argued about whether there was even one of those towers in our vicinity. But then, the balls or orbs started moving in an unusual pattern, unlike the typical behavior of aircraft.
We live approximately 60-70 miles from O’Hare Airport and frequently see planes and aircraft heading in that direction. However, these orbs were moving in the opposite direction, north to south. After about two to three minutes of observing the first two orbs, two more appeared, traveling much faster towards the first two. To conclude this extraordinary spectacle, we spotted a single last orb cruising swiftly in a straight line towards the first four orbs, almost as if trying to catch up.
We are well aware of Starlink satellites passing over us occasionally, but these orbs are not that. They are something far more intriguing.
Looks like Chinese lanterns
They are basically paper lanterns that have a candle inside, the heat warms up the air in the lantern and presto, it rises in the air and the jet streams just whisk them away
Looks like sky lanterns. Fast ones, but still look like they’re drifting at wind speeds.