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CASE HISTORY
The Chicago O’Hare UFO Incident
An airport full of witnesses and a case full of unanswered questions
On the afternoon of November 7th, 2006, United Airlines employees at Chicago O’Hare International Airport saw something strange — a flying object hovering silently above Gate C17. It wasn’t on radar. It didn’t have lights. It didn’t make a sound. And then, with no warning, it shot straight up through the clouds, leaving a clean, circular hole in the overcast sky. No passengers noticed it. No verifiable photos surfaced. But a dozen aviation professionals, pilots, mechanics, ramp workers and supervisors stood by their stories.
At approximately 4:15 p.m. CST, a United Airlines ramp employee at Gate C17 looked up and saw what he described as a “perfectly round” dark gray metallic object hovering motionless just below the clouds. According to his report, the object was estimated to be about 22 feet in diameter and appeared to be spinning slowly.
Over the next few minutes, multiple other employees — ground crew, pilots in the cockpit, supervisors in the terminal — also spotted the object. Several reported it to United operations. One pilot who was pushing back from Gate C9 radioed in, worried about potential airspace intrusion.
