Man, you flare and sky lantern people are way too itchy with the trigger finger. This is *rural* Indiana. People are not lighting off sky lanterns (they don't appear and disappear like that, anyway). They aren't lighting them off dozens of times over several years. You can not see the skin. You can not see the candle flickering. I'll give you that much that you haven't seen the video in it's entirety. But, c'mon man, you're also insulting my intelligence. I know what an airplane looks like, I've seen satellites, Iridium flare, even military flares. Summary dismissal is no better than blind everythings-a-ufo-with-bloodsucking-greys-in-it conjecture. They are NOT sky lanterns. If you'd actually looked at it whilst not thinking "sky lantern", you might've come to another conclusion. In fact I don't know how you even saw the slightest resemblance to them. The hoaxers are wearing on your discernment.

Anybody have any other theories?

Edit: I'll do my best to upload a portion at full qualty tomorrow. Was busy w/ family today.

[edit on 23-6-2008 by RootMean]

This should be noted, i think. The area this video was shot in (South Eastern IL), is also the area where the Midwest Earthquake happened back in early April. I cant be certain of the exact location the video was shot, but assuming how the poster stated it was around Grayville, IL, that would be located roughly 30-45 miles south of West Salem (the epicenter).

I worked down in Grayville about 16ish years ago, supplying the road construction w/ the barricades/lights/signs/etc that they needed while working on the interstate down there that runs through St. Louis to the west up through Evansville to the east (I-64 i think). I remember seeing "orbs" or "lights" towards the Wabash River on one occasion, and experienced a bit of missing time connected to that night. It's a 1.5 hour drive south of where i am to Grayville, and 1.5 hours back, totally roughly 3 hours drive time. Replacing/repairing the lights on the barricades was a weekly job i'd do (once a week), and took about 20 minutes minimum to 1 hour maximum. The night that i saw the lights in the sky, somehow it took me 6 hours from start to finish, and i cant explain why. I was the only one there, so with me being a sole witness to this, its worthless even speculating. All i can say is, the images in the video are remarkably similar to what i witnessed.

As a side note, this area is also just south of where Glen Kimball's "Illinois Cave" that he's worked on for years. I'd guess around 40-60 miles south. That's for those of you who know who Glen is. If not, you should.

Hey rootmean has Jeff got back to you yet with the analysis? Keep us updated

-Kdial1