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Emmetsburg · IA, USA
I saw what appeared to be a star-like object towards the west. Upon observing the object for a period of time. I notice it had one blin
Iowa City · IA, USA
A white egg shaped object appears in the sky on a clear blue morning and thens grows in size and drifts slowly north. I watch it closel
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
Long Green tail with a orange fireball moved across the sky from south to north in the eastern sky. Tail disapated orange fireball cont
Kellogg (outside of) · IA, USA
My grandma and me were driving home from Newton and About two or three miles outside of Kellogg my grandma seen something go by us. I d
Norwalk (sml town just sw of Des Moines) · IA, USA
this was a blue-green fireball seen by myself, my husband and our young son. it was moving from the south to the northeast. my husban
Durant (rural) · IA, USA
A fireball of green blue/turquoise and orange color. With long glowing tail traveling behind seem to be descending out of the sky heade
Fairfield · IA, USA
Greenish apearing fireball with spark tail heading slowly eastward.
Iowa City · IA, USA
satellite dots in polar orbit but one grew very bright as it turned into line with first
Iowa City · IA, USA
round white ball beyond treetops straight north moving ENE fluctuating
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
I was driving home after work when I was a teardrop silvery and shiny object, (and it was obvious that it was chrome colored) passed ac
Brighton (outside of) · IA, USA
camping, object zig-zagged, stopped off and on, went behind a large cloud bank and was so bright it lit through the cloud, weird hard t
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
Looking west, at about 20-30 degrees up from the horizon, saw strange light that appeared to be moving very slowly or hovering. Lights
Council Bluffs · IA, USA
While driving home from school in Council Bluffs down Interstate 80 I observed a bright flash that streaked across the sky a great dist
Monticello · IA, USA
Happened to catch a very bright and large green fireball streek through the sky in Iowa.
Centerville · IA, USA
Bright Circle of Light followed me from Oskaloosa IA to Centerville, IA.
Humboldt · IA, USA
Saw an object (about the size of star) traveling very fast high in the sky. It then shot straight up out of sight.
Newton · IA, USA
Large light in southwest sky
Des Moines · IA, USA
What looked like a star was moving to the north for a duration of 15 seconds before being blocked out by some high clouds.
Woodbine · IA, USA
two groups of lights two flashing one just on both groups mirroring the other
Des Moines · IA, USA
Looked like shooting star, Except they had no tail, went from south horizion to north horizion at a very high rate of speed
Council Bluffs · IA, USA
Looking at Venus with scope and spotted a black sphere moving through the field of view very quickly.
Des Moines (east of · 152 mm on I-80), IA, USA
3 YELLOW LIGHTS SIMILAR TO STARS IN SKY, APPEARED TO BE IN A TYPE OF DOG FIGHT. THEY WOULD COME TOGETHER AND THEN FLY APPART.
Pleasantville (outskirts of) · IA, USA
a big, very bright light traveling close to the ground very fast, w/a spinning red & white light also, as it flew away, it looked like
Bettendorf/Davenport · IA, USA
Circle with beaver-tail-like object on the side.