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20 years ago today, United workers watched a disc hover over Gate C17 at O’Hare. Here’s what the FOIA trail shows.

On 7 November 2006, around 4:30 PM, a United ramp worker pushing a plane back from Gate C17 looked up and saw a dark gray, disc-shaped object hovering silently beneath the ~1,900 ft overcast. Within minutes, mechanics taxiing a 777, supervisors, and the pilots of the 737 near C17...

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The O'Hare Airport UFO (2006): The Disc Over Gate C17
On November 7, 2006, United Airlines employees at Chicago O'Hare watched a dark disc hover over a gate and shoot up through the clouds, leaving a hole. The witnesses, the FAA's weather explanation, and the story that became a phenomenon.

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20 years ago today, United workers watched a disc hover over Gate C17 at O’Hare. Here’s what the FOIA trail shows.

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Declassified UFO Documents: What Governments Have Released to the Public

The O'Hare Airport UFO (2006): The Disc Over Gate C17

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