Bit off topic geographically but I'm curious - has anyone actually managed to pull raw radar data from that night? I've been cross-referencing a similar cluster of sightings over the East Midlands from about three weeks back and I'm trying to work out whether theres any correlation in the movement patterns or timing.
Specifically what I'm after is whether the objects you saw were maintaining consistent altitude or doing that characteristic step-change thing where they drop suddenly and then hold position. That's the detail that keeps coming up in the Midlands reports and nobody seems to have a good explanation for it.
Also what was the approximate duration from first sighting to when they disappeared? The Lake Michigan incidents from 2006 had some interesting overlap with military exercise schedules and I want to know if that's worth looking into here as well.