The O'Hare UFO sighting is a 2006 report of a saucer-shaped object seen near Gate C17 in Chicago.
The sighting is generally dated to November 7, 2006, at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. Reportedly, about 12 United Airlines employees and other airport personnel saw a saucer- or disc-shaped object near Gate C17, in Concourse C. Witnesses described it as metallic or dark gray, hovering briefly before rapidly ascending into the clouds.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated it conducted no further investigation because the object was not seen on radar, describing the report as a weather phenomenon. A possible explanation mentioned is a fallstreak hole cloud, a known atmospheric phenomenon. Contemporary press coverage noted that air traffic controllers did not identify the object and initial radar checks showed no anomalies.
The report officially remains unresolved as a UFO or UAP, and no public evidence of a physical craft has been found. UFO writers and programs have retrospectively presented it as one of the more credible reports, but this is an interpretation, not an official finding.
It is generally dated to November 7, 2006.
Reportedly, employees saw a metallic or dark gray, saucer- or disc-shaped object near Gate C17. They stated it hovered briefly before rapidly ascending into the clouds.
The FAA stated the object was not seen on radar and therefore conducted no further investigation, describing the report as a weather phenomenon.
Not officially. A possible explanation of a fallstreak hole cloud was mentioned, but no public evidence of a physical craft has been found.