Carpentersville disc-shaped object report — September 15, 1978

A twenty-six-year-old secretary in Carpentersville, Illinois, reportedly woke to a whirring sound at about 4 a.m. on September 15, 1978. Looking from her bedroom window, she said she saw a six-foot-tall man wearing a silver suit. A small smooth silver disc with a dome stood several feet away at the edge of the grass. She called to wake her husband, and their dog began barking. The couple reportedly tried to contact police, but the telephone did not work. By the time officers arrived, both figure and object had gone. That sequence does not make the police witnesses to an occupant or landing, despite the imported record’s police-witness classification. The source trail cites International UFO Reporter and subsequent catalogues, but the available summary supplies no released police conclusion or detailed investigation. It describes a humanlike suited figure without a specific unmasked anatomy. The illustration includes woman, husband, dog, figure and small craft, while keeping the visitor’s face indistinct and the setting interpretive.