Capron, Illinois UFO Reports

Record summary

The Capron case concerns reports by police officers and other witnesses in northern Illinois who described a large, dark, triangular object with lights during January 2000. It became prominent in civilian UFO literature because some witnesses were regarded as credible and because the object was said to have been observed at close range. The case is useful for comparing police testimony, later interviews, and attempts to distinguish an aircraft from an anomalous object. Publicly accessible accounts differ in chronology, witness participation, and the amount of contemporaneous documentation available.