First-hand Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) #7241630d-f1bb-482c-939e-7d799c4fb2b2

UFO sighting near Rockford, Illinois (2003)

2003–2004 around 2 in the morning Rockford, Illinois 2 witnesses

Account

The witness got up at night and saw a bright orange ball of light streak over the house and city. The next morning the witness's sister said she had seen the same thing that night from her own residence. They found a newspaper note of at least seven others reporting the same thing.

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Date	2003–2004 Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #7241630d-f1bb-482c-939e-7d799c4fb2b2 · transcript:00:29:53-00:31:50 · read with 80% confidence
Time of day	around 2 in the morning Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #7241630d-f1bb-482c-939e-7d799c4fb2b2 · transcript:00:29:53-00:31:50
Place	Rockford, Illinois Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #7241630d-f1bb-482c-939e-7d799c4fb2b2 · transcript:00:29:53-00:31:50 · read with 85% confidence
Map point	42.2588, -89.0646 (± 15 km) Geocoded Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #7241630d-f1bb-482c-939e-7d799c4fb2b2 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Rockford city (GEOID 1765000), matched from nearest town 'Rockford'
Account type	First-hand Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #7241630d-f1bb-482c-939e-7d799c4fb2b2 · transcript:00:29:53-00:31:50
Witnesses	2 Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #7241630d-f1bb-482c-939e-7d799c4fb2b2 · transcript:00:29:53-00:31:50
Witness was	getting up to use bathroom at night Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #7241630d-f1bb-482c-939e-7d799c4fb2b2 · transcript:00:29:53-00:31:50
Witness's word for it	orange ball of light Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #7241630d-f1bb-482c-939e-7d799c4fb2b2 · transcript:00:29:53-00:31:50
Creature category	UAP Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #7241630d-f1bb-482c-939e-7d799c4fb2b2 · transcript:00:29:53-00:31:50 · read with 85% confidence

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Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #7241630d-f1bb-482c-939e-7d799c4fb2b2 Podcast Interview

Published 2024-08-31 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Listen from 0:29:53 (account ends about 0:31:50) Hash 5f5d86f7fdc1

Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts)

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“newspaper report of seven other witnesses”
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