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Waterloo · IA, USA
Looked like 15-16 spheres which had translucent colors. Rotated around each each other slowly then disappeared; reappeared.
Des Moines · IA, USA
Five shiny saucer like, tear drop objects in formation outside an airplane window.
Steamboat Rock · IA, USA
((NUFORC Note: No information provided by the source. PD))
Little Rock · IA, USA
A low-flying UFO spotted 1 mile north of Little Rock and heading SE towards Sibley. Circular in shape with many flashing white lights.
Brayton · IA, USA
A foggy sphere in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Probably an out-gassing event from a spent rocket. PD))
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
2 bright lights with flashing lights on sides. Hovering in western sky. ((NUFORC Note: Venus and Jupiter. PD))
Sioux City · IA, USA
Ball of light, strange maneuvering, disappeared.
Rockford · IA, USA
Flying object shaped as a triangle, with bright white lights in the front of it and blinking lights on each end.
Sanborn · IA, USA
3 reddish oval shaped with white lights inside them being followed by a black suburban.
Fredericksburg · IA, USA
For over a year myself and other employees have watched 3 same lights over part of our town from 20:00-0700..
North Liberty · IA, USA
Bright flying object. no sound. bright flash.
Manchester · IA, USA
4 witnesses to what first appeared to be a star in the west sky. The bright light then started moving alarmingly fast in a west to east
Coralville · IA, USA
Red lights in arch formation, low altitude, slow speed, no sound.
Oskaloosa · IA, USA
Bright lights in the night sky going really fast.
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
Strange, lighted object in Cedar Rapids
Platsmouth (near; on Hwy S 29) · IA, USA
White saucer, blue lights, round, smooth looking material, exit on S 29 between Tabor and Platsmouth exits. Was beautiful.
Fort Dodge · IA, USA
Me and my mother were looking outside to the west cause the clouds were orange and pinkish colors. We were taking pictures of how Beaut
Colwell · IA, USA
Reddish light fixed to the North, disappeared, returned as clear green light a mile to the East.
Sioux City · IA, USA
Silent Matte Black Square.
Charles City · IA, USA
Lights hovering.
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
White wingless silent cylinder moved at constant speed without contrail along an apparent straight flight path.
Dubuque · IA, USA
Green orb came into sight, stopped in the sky, and started blinking; then took off.
Urbandale · IA, USA
Light-weight triangle with organized lights flys low altitude over Urbandale, IA.
Des Moines · IA, USA
Driving along I-80 west bound and saw about 7-9 bright red lights floating in the sky at about the height that a helicopter would fly.