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Flying creatures. United States

ID #1624394383
Added Tue, 22/06/2021
Author July N.
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Incident date: 
02.11.2015 06:30
Location: 
Инглесайд, IL
United States

Hi, I've witnessed something I can't explain. It was November 2, around 6: 30 a.m. I was driving east to work on E. Grand Avenue in Ingleside, Illinois. 

I just passed Gavin Elementary School and saw what looked like a stingray or manta ray flying across the road, near Fox Lake. I almost drove off the road. 

It was supposed to be 20 feet (6 m) long and about 50 feet (15 m) above the road. It was a light gray color, but it didn't shine like metal. It was a dull light gray. It reminded me of a smooth plastic tarp. It wasn't going very fast. 

Several cars were moving in the opposite direction, but as far as I could tell, they didn't react. I know it sounds weird, but I swear that's what I saw. There was no tail, but it was shaped like a stingray. The wings didn't flutter. He was just gliding down the road toward the preserve and Long Lake. Can you help me with this? SH  

It was probably 20 feet (6 m) long and 20 feet (6 m) wide on the wings. There were no markings, although there may have been small structures at the bottom, near the middle. I couldn't tell what it might be. From what I could tell, there was no sound. 

It was on a straight course, but I soon lost sight of it as it passed over the road. It may have fallen in height. UFOs have been sighted in the area in the past. We're not that far from Lake Michigan and North Chicago.

Original news

Date: November 2 2015
Location: E. Grand Ave in Ingleside, Illinois
Time: 6:30 am
Summary: Hi – I witnessed something I can’t explain. Maybe you can help. It was Nov. 2nd about 6:30am I was driving to work eastbound on E. Grand Ave in Ingleside, Illinois. I had just passed the Gavin Elementary School and saw what looked like a sting ray or manta ray flying across the road, not far from Fox Lake. I almost ran off the road. It must have been 20 ft long and about 50 ft over the road. It was a light gray color but not shiny like metal. It was a dull light gray. It reminded me of a smooth plastic tarp. It wasn’t going very fast. There were a few cars coming in the opposite direction but they didn’t react from what I could tell. I know it sounds weird but I swear that this is what I saw. There was no tail, but was shaped like a sting ray fish. There was no flapping of the wings. It just glided across the road towards the preserve and Long Lake. Can you help me out with this? SH  

It was probably 20 ft long and 20 ft wide at the wings. There were no markings though there may have been some small structures underneath towards the middle. I could not distinguish what it may be. There was no sound from what I could tell. It was traveling on a straight course but I soon lost sight of it after it flew over the road. It may have dropped in altitude. There have been UFO sightings in the area in the past. We’re not that far from Lake Michigan and north Chicago. I appreciate the information you sent about the flying ray-shaped UFOs. If I hear or see anything else, I’ll contact you. 
Source: phantoms and monsters

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