Sioux City, IA, USA
I saw a green streaming light, looked as if it had a tail. Came from the east ,going west. Crossed over I 29 an it disappeared .
Report quality: Moderate49/100
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- No parseable duration on file
- Detailed witness text (128 characters)
- Location geocoded exactly
- No other reports from this city within 3 days
- When
- 2015-10-11
- Where
- Sioux City, IA, USA
- Shape
- Fireball
- Duration
- a green streaming light
- Geo
- 42.500, -96.400 · exact
- Slug
- fireball-over-sioux-city-ia-2015-4b5aea
Part of a wave
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In context
- This is one of 35 reports logged in Sioux City, IA.
- This case is one of 47 Iowa reports filed in 2015.
- Fireball craft made up 9.3% of 2010s reports, vs 6.9% across the whole archive.
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