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/u/cryptopapa
20 years ago today, United workers watched a disc hover over Gate C17 at O’Hare. Here’s what the FOIA trail shows.
Witnesses
Unknown
Duration
10 min
Source material
3
Timeline
2
Source context
Limited context
Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.
Source provenance
r/UFOs
Live sighting record 07f8a71c-f876-437c-b9b8-1519ec093e64.
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Sunlight window
Daytime — sun above horizon
Sighting occurred during daylight hours
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Context notes
Heavy cloud cover (99%) — limited visibility
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Nov 7, 2006, 9:30 PM
Timezone
Central Time
Location
O'Hare International Airport
Duration
10 min
Witness account
Narrative
On 7 November 2006, around 4:30 PM, a United ramp worker pushing a plane back from Gate C17 looked up and saw a dark gray, disc-shaped object hovering silently beneath the ~1,900 ft overcast. Within minutes, mechanics taxiing a 777, supervisors, and the pilots of the 737 near C17 were watching too. Size estimates based on witness accounts ranged from 6 to 24 ft, with no lights and no sound. After several minutes it reportedly shot straight up through the clouds, leaving a clear hole that clos...
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near O'Hare International Airport.
r/UFOs carried the report into the source network.
Ledger
Source material
media
Cover image
Visual reference carried with the original report.
source
Original report
Direct source material from r/UFOs.
telemetry
Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.