On October 31, 2006, another reported appearance of unusual red lights was associated with the recurring Tinley Park Lights phenomenon in the southern Chicago suburbs. Earlier episodes in 2004 and 2005 involved reports of three red-orange lights that appeared to hover or move silently in triangular formations. The wider series attracted numerous eyewitness reports and produced photographic and video material. The 2006 recurrence is less thoroughly documented than the earlier events, and no conclusive identification of the lights has been established in the sources reviewed.
The Tinley Park Lights are a series of reported nocturnal sightings in Tinley Park and nearby communities south of Chicago, Illinois. Witnesses in the better-documented incidents described three red or orange lights appearing in a horizontal line or triangular formation, moving slowly, and sometimes fading out one by one. The earliest widely reported event occurred on August 21, 2004, followed by another on October 31, 2004, and a further episode on October 1, 2005. Later accounts also mention a recurrence on Halloween, October 31, 2006. The wider series received attention from local and national media, civilian UFO investigators, and television programs examining unusual aerial sightings. Proposed explanations have included aircraft, flares suspended from balloons, and other conventional light sources. However, the available material reviewed for this entry does not conclusively identify the lights reported in 2006. Because the 2006 episode is less thoroughly documented than the earlier sightings, it should be treated as a distinct, cautiously described recurrence within the wider Tinley Park Lights series, rather than assuming that every detail reported in 2004 and 2005 also applies to 2006.
| Date: | 2006-10-31 |
| Location: | Tinley Park, Illinois |
| Country: | United States |
| Category: | UFO Sighting |
| Credibility: | Disputed |