Sightings2004

Tinley Park lights

Name: Tinley Park lights
Start: 2004-08-21
Location: Tinley Park, IL

When: 21 Aug 2004
Where: Tinley Park, IL
Sources: 2 public sources

Tinley Park, Illinois, where residents reported the red lights in 2004 Zarka Khalid, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Residents of suburban Tinley Park, Illinois, reported three silent red lights hovering in a triangle for up to half an hour, with similar reports on later nights including Halloween 2004. A resident filmed them; suggested explanations include flares or balloons, and no official cause was given.

Sources

PressWhat are the Tinley Park Lights? (opens in a new tab)NBC Chicago (summarizing the Chicago Sun-Times) / 2008-10-28
Other'Tinley Park Lights' Still A Southland Mystery (opens in a new tab)Patch (Tinley Park, community contributor) / 2011-06-09

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