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This doesn’t help me identify the bright red orb that I saw weave in and out of buildings at breakneck speed through the Chicago skyline at 3am. It was also see

This doesn’t help me identify the bright red orb that I saw weave in and out of buildings at breakneck speed through the Chicago skyline at 3am. It was also seen by my friend as we were out on the balcony looking at the city. And no, it was not an emergency vehicle, it went from one side of the city to the other in a few seconds and also changed altitude drastically multiple times as it made its way around building. The light was also solid, like it was emoting it’s one light, not a reflection and it was very bright. It looked like a futuristic rollercoaster ride. This was over a decade ago, around the time of the famous O’hare ufo sighting.

OldHand2018 5y ago
Wikipedia says that happened in November 2006. Going out on a limb here, but I am betting that you and your friend weren't hanging out on the balcony at 3AM in winter in Chicago. Can we assume it was the following spring or summer? Because that's exactly when Christopher Nolan spent almost 4 months filming the Dark Knight in downtown Chicago. I was working downtown at the time. A large part of the loop was the set. During the day all the props and equipment were stored on the sidewalks and street parking areas. Late at night they set it all up, did their filming, and then put it all away again. And yeah, they used black helicopters zooming around all over the place as camera platforms. Downtown isn't that big, a helicopter can easily cross it in a matter of seconds. That's what you saw.
- jazzyjackson 5y ago
  ? November is not the dead of winter, there can still be warm days in the 50s and 60s. And anyway sometimes it's nice to be on a balcony even in the cold. I witnessed a meteor/fireball on my Chicago balcony around 2009 or 2010, I remember thinking it must have been some kind of aircraft breaking up over the city, I went to Twitter thinking I would find out what happened but it wasn't til the next day I heard it was a meteor that ended up over Wisconsin. I think it was April 2010: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2010-04-15-ct-met-meteor-sighting-20100415-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2010-04-15-ct-met...
- sakopov 5y ago
  > Going out on a limb here, but I am betting that you and your friend weren't hanging out on the balcony at 3AM in winter in Chicago. That's a strange assumption. Average temps in November aren't low at all either at night or during the day.

OldHand2018 5y ago

Wikipedia says that happened in November 2006. Going out on a limb here, but I am betting that you and your friend weren't hanging out on the balcony at 3AM in winter in Chicago. Can we assume it was the following spring or summer? Because that's exactly when Christopher Nolan spent almost 4 months filming the Dark Knight in downtown Chicago. I was working downtown at the time. A large part of the loop was the set. During the day all the props and equipment were stored on the sidewalks and street parking areas. Late at night they set it all up, did their filming, and then put it all away again. And yeah, they used black helicopters zooming around all over the place as camera platforms. Downtown isn't that big, a helicopter can easily cross it in a matter of seconds. That's what you saw.

jazzyjackson 5y ago
? November is not the dead of winter, there can still be warm days in the 50s and 60s. And anyway sometimes it's nice to be on a balcony even in the cold. I witnessed a meteor/fireball on my Chicago balcony around 2009 or 2010, I remember thinking it must have been some kind of aircraft breaking up over the city, I went to Twitter thinking I would find out what happened but it wasn't til the next day I heard it was a meteor that ended up over Wisconsin. I think it was April 2010: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2010-04-15-ct-met-meteor-sighting-20100415-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2010-04-15-ct-met...
sakopov 5y ago
> Going out on a limb here, but I am betting that you and your friend weren't hanging out on the balcony at 3AM in winter in Chicago. That's a strange assumption. Average temps in November aren't low at all either at night or during the day.