A stealth air force bomber made its way across the Chippewa Valley two days ago, and gave lots of people quite a thrill.

The B-2 stealth bomber has been flying missions since 1989 -- with only 20 of the aircraft in the U.S. fleet. The B-2 stealth bomber or spirit bomber flew over the Chippewa Valley on Monday between 5:30 and 6 p.m. We talked to several eyewitnesses who say the sight was pretty amazing.

Brothers Mike and John Farrow live near Lake Wissota, and are big into planes. And they say Monday night was probably a once in a lifetime moment. Mike says, “I couldn't really tell what it was, but when it came over the tree line, it was like o my gosh!”

The two boys were playing outside Monday evening when the bomber flew over their heads. Seven-year-old John says the stealth bomber was, “A really black, really big airplane it was flying pretty low, like 50 meters off the tree line, and the pilot had to be like the best pilot that could fly that low.”

And the Farrow brothers weren't the only ones who caught sight of the B-2. Steve Herriges with wife Jill and daughter Emma, were eating dinner when they heard a loud rumble. He says, “Jill had gotten up and looked out the window and she said o my god, what is that? And so we looked, my daughter Emma and I looked out the window, and said holy smokes that’s a stealth bomber!”

And according to Charity Speich, airport manager at the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport, the control tower in Eau Claire was contacted by Minneapolis air traffic control on Monday saying a B-2 bomber was in our area -- but the Eau Claire tower couldn't find the bomber anywhere.

Speich says, “It's not something that's common around here, or something that we see very often, as I mentioned we see F-16's out of Duluth fairly often due to their training, but a B-2 is certainly not a common site for us.”

And Mike Farrow and Herriges agrees -- the B-2 is certainly not a common site. Herriges says, “First of all it was amazing, I think there's only like 20 of them in the world and they're pretty expensive, to see one go through Chippewa Falls, it’s impressive.”

And Farrow says, “I have no clue why it was flying, but it was pretty cool though.”

WEAU contacted the U.S. Air Force, but so far it has not confirmed the flight in our area. They would only say if the plane was there, it would have been flying a routine training mission.