Witness Reports "Person" Picked Up by UFO over O'Hare International Airport

O’Hare International Airport at night. (Matthew Turner / Pexels) — O’Hare International Airport at night. (*Matthew Turner* / *Pexels*)

Manuel Navarette of UFO Clearinghouse received a report recently from a man who said he saw an “egg-shaped” object fly over Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and shine a “brilliant blue light” to the ground, through which a “person” appeared to be taken aboard the craft.

The man’s sighting reportedly took place on January 23rd, 2020, at about 1 am.

According to the man’s report,

I was outside taking a smoke break and was on the phone with my girlfriend when I saw this thing pass over me. It was completely silent but it was also extremely bright, as it passed over shafts of light were coming from this thing and going to the ground. It was moving very, very fast and then stopped right above that old cemetery that sits inside the airport. Then a brilliant blue light came from this thing toward the ground. It looked like someone was shining a super-bright spotlight down from the sky toward the ground.
It was then that I saw something rising up toward the object and it disappeared after about 5 seconds. It looked like it was a person but I was standing too far away to get a good look at it. I can tell you that it looked a lot like a person getting sucked up into this thing. This object then rotated in place and within three seconds, this thing flew up toward the north and was gone within a second. I’m telling you man, it was the strangest thing I have ever seen in my entire life!
I stood there looking as it faded out and stayed out there for a few minutes before coming back to my senses and going to back inside. I work over at the [redacted for privacy] and this thing looked like it was over by the cemetery. If you want to, I will show you where it is; a lot of people don’t even know this place is out there.
This is not the first time I have ever seen things in the sky and I know that a lot of the people I work with here during the night shift have seen lots of strange things here at this airport. It seems to attract a lot of weird things.

Navarette was able to contact the witness by telephone.

"I spoke with the gentleman who submitted the report via phone and he explained that he worked the night shift and during downtime, he would walk outside to take a smoke break," Navarette said. "It was during one of these smoke breaks, as he was talking on his phone, that he first noticed the lights from the object that he claimed flew overhead. He claimed the object was egg-shaped and he estimated that the object was about 40 feet in diameter and about 10 to 15 feet high. The witness claimed the object was silent and was shooting rays of light toward the ground. He says he watched as it flew overhead and stopped above the Resthaven Cemetery."

"The witness said he watched as the object hovered silently about 20 feet above the treetops for about 20 seconds before a brilliant blue light shot down from the object and hit the ground below," he continued. "The witness then stated that he saw what looked like a person being lifted up and into the object. He could not definitively see what it was that was being lifted, but that it looked a lot like a humanoid shape. He was too far away to make a positive identification and he was too scared to approach the object and get a closer look.”

Navarette said that “The witness went on to tell [me] how the humanoid that was taken aloft disappeared in the brilliance of the light and that within a second or two, the light ceased and the object began to rotate in place in a clockwise motion. The object then shot off in a northerly direction and was out of sight within a few seconds. The witness stated that he walked back into the building, not wanting to be outside anymore...[and] that he did not venture outside again until the sun had begun to rise."

The investigator said the witness told him that those who work the graveyard shift at O'Hare "have seen many strange things during the overnight...including strange orbs, [and] lights in the sky not associated with airport activities," but "when asked if he had seen or had heard about any flying humanoid sightings, he advised he had not."

"The witness seemed genuine and when asked further questions did not stray from his original sighting," added Navarette.

This is the latest in a series of unusual sighting reports that have taken place in the Rosemont area, including the immediate vicinity of O’Hare International Airport.

The sighting reports in this area so far include the December 6th sighting of a red-eyed, winged humanoid near O’Hare International Airport, a December 3rd report of a “red-eyed flying man” from a security person at O’Hare, a November 26th sighting of a seven-foot-tall “person with wings” outside of O’Hare, a September 29th sighting of a toddler-sized “bat creature…running like a gorilla” near Barrington, an October 30th sighting of a large, winged humanoid in Park Ridge, an October 29th report of a winged humanoid accompanied by several other beings who disappeared in a flash of blue light, a late October sighting of an “unknown flying human owl” in Hoffman Estates, an October 19th sighting of a “giant-sized bat” outside of the Edward Hotel in Rosemont, an October 5th sighting of a "tall creature" with "bright red eyes" and "large wings” near O’Hare, and a report from July of a six-foot-tall creature flying over the Des Plaines River near Rosemont.

These reports are seemingly related to a string of ‘Mothman’ sightings from within a few hundred mile radius surrounding Lake Michigan, including every state bordering the great lake. The sightings ostensibly began in the spring of 2017, but more historical accounts are being reported as more people become aware of the phenomenon. Sightings of weird winged beings around Lake Michigan have been reported at all hours, often in or near a park, and around water. Witnesses consistently describe a large, gray or black bat or bird-like creature—although in a small number of cases the creature was described as insect-like—sometimes with glowing or reflective red, yellow, or orange eyes; and humanoid features such as arms and legs are often reported. Many of the sightings are also of something seen only briefly or are described only as a flying creature with few details, which leaves open the possibility that a large avian being could explain some encounters. Sightings of anomalous avians, including thunderbirds and pterosaurs, are often reported in or near the same locations as those where witnesses have reported winged humanoids.

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