January 5, 2000 | The Police and Dispatch Radio Chatter That Tracked a House-Sized UFO Over Illinois

In January 2000, something massive drifted through the night sky over southwestern Illinois – so big and strange that a handful of small-town cops, watching from different locations, tracked it in real time over their radios, completely baffled by what they were seeing.FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: The strange sighting of a UFO in the year 2000 still has people looking to the skies of southwestern Illinois. *** “Frankenstein” Author Mary Shelley kept her dead husband’s heart for thirty years! *** If you’ve ever wanted to play a game of catch with a ghost boy, race a phantom Camaro, or encounter a mythological beast, Clinton Road in New Jersey should be your next destination. *** In Malawi vampires attack people and suck blood from them. This is not lore or scary story-telling… it’s happening now. *** Imagine a coin rolling past you in a long hallway – yet you are completely alone in the building. *** For years, mysterious lights of Dover have puzzled observers – and it has been happening for centuries.CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding00:04:40.051 = Show Open00:06:32.182 = Frankenstein Author Mary Shelly Kept Her Dead Husband’s Heart00:10:58.940 = Clinton Road: Take a Terrifying Drive Down America’s Most Haunted Roadway00:15:49.891 = Malawi Vampires00:20:06.777 = Coins and Guitar Picks00:24:47.649 = Mysterious Lights of Dover ***00:28:05.675 = The 2000 UFO Invasion of Illinois00:43:41.181 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other apps. Get the full list of options here: https://pod.link/1078714736*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:“Something Is Up There – The 2000 UFO Invasion of Illinois”: https://tinyurl.com/wvafyps“Frankenstein Author Mary Shelley Kept Her Dead Husband’s Heart for 30 Years”: https://tinyurl.com/uygjtvg“Clinton Road: Take a Terrifying Drive Down America's Most Haunted Roadway”: https://tinyurl.com/w734whf“Malawi Vampires”: https://tinyurl.com/wzrexro“Mysterious Lights of Dover”: https://tinyurl.com/uxrvyd8“Coins And Guitar Picks”: https://tinyurl.com/uv2axne(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: November 12, 2018EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/UFOInvasionOfIL