UFOMYST
CaseFireball2010

Lamoni, IA, USA

Large green/red fireball over Lamoni, IA viewed from Graceland University. ((NUFORC Note: Probably a bright meteor. PD))

Report quality: Low35/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 10s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (74 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2010-04-14
Where
Lamoni, IA, USA
Shape
Fireball
Duration
10 seconds
Geo
40.623, -93.934 · exact
Slug
fireball-over-lamoni-ia-2010-799db8
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave2004

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In context

  • Lamoni, IA has 3 sightings on file here.
  • 2010 brought 50 reports from Iowa.
  • The 2010s skewed 9.3% fireball reports; the archive-wide figure is 6.9%.

Report

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