“UFO is reported in Jo Daviess County by area officials”,
23 August 1978
(Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa and
East Dubuque, Illinois)
Five law enforcement officers sighted a large UFO over Eastern
Jo Daviess County, Illinois on 22 August 1978, according to the article:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RdhBAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EaoMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6967,3102871
Quote from the article:
“The object, first spotted about 11:30 p.m. in the Stockton, Ill., area, was described by police there as being a ‘large object in the sky, spinning around with several different colored lights on it, flashing off and on.”
“Stockton, Illinois” (City-Data.com):
http://www.city-data.com/city/Stockton-Illinois.html
Satellite photo of Stockton, Illinois (city-data.com)
(city-data.com photo)