One Strange Night In Illinois – The St. Clair County Incident
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Marcus Lowth
- October 6, 2023
- October 8, 2023
- 15 min read
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One night in early January 2000, with the twenty-first century only days old, residents across multiple towns in Illinois were witness to a prolonged UFO encounter. What’s more, several of the witnesses were on-duty police officers, who made reports in real-time as the incident was unfolding. That the sighting was of a distinctly triangular-shaped object only made the encounter all the more intriguing given the many similar sightings around the world in the years that proceeded and followed it.
What’s more, around half a decade later, in the very same region, another sighting occurred with an almost identical object, forcing the question if this part of the United States is somehow unique in terms of these triangular UF...
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Marcus Lowth
Marcus Lowth is a writer with a love for UFOs, aliens, and the Ancient Astronaut Theory, to the paranormal, general conspiracies, and unsolved mysteries. He has been writing and researching with over 20 years of experience.
Marcus has been Editor-in-Chief for several years due to his excellent knowledge in these fields. Marcus also regularly appears as an expert on radio talk shows including Troubled Minds and Unexplained Radio discussing these topics.
You can contact Marcus via email.
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Marcus, enjoyed reading your more detailed version of the St. Clair Triangle, but why call it the Lake Forest UFO. Not sure if they are one and the same and only one witness to the Lake Forest UFO which actually took place January 4th, not 5th. Also you call it Lake Forest UFO but no description of that sighting.
Also there was a witness who came forward later who saw both the house-shaped UFO and the triangular UFO at the same time near the junction of I-64 and IL route 4. Why not add that and change the name back to St. Clair sighting as that is what you called it before?
Thanks for the heads up on the title – it should be the St. Clair County Sighting – this is an error on my part. I will look at this shortly.