Note: This is not an Onion article - this was reported in several more reputable newspapers (Chicago Tribute and NY Times)
It’s a bit strange this incident happen last fall and was only recently reported, yesterday.
Apparently it happened in daylight at 4:30pm, right before sunset, in Terminal C, Gate 17 and was first spotted by a United ramp worker who was directing traffic at the gate.
A flying saucerlike object hovered low over O’Hare International Airport for several minutes before bolting through thick clouds with such intense energy that it left an eerie hole in overcast skies, said some United Airlines employees who observed the phenomenon.
All the witnesses said the object was dark gray and well defined in the overcast skies. They said the craft, estimated by different accounts to be 6 feet to 24 feet in diameter, did not display any lights.
Though some people were upset the government was doing very little to investigate, a few people found it humorous.
“To fly 7 million light years to O’Hare and then have to turn around and go home because your gate was occupied is simply unacceptable,” said O’Hare controller and union official Craig Burzych.
Pretty interesting. I wish I’d been there to see it myself.
You can read about the details in the Chicago Tribune.