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Riverside · IA, USA
Fireball seen in rual Riverside Iowa
Mason City · IA, USA
Slow moving orange/fireball.
Davenport · IA, USA
Fleet of "fireball" type ufo seen!
Waterloo · IA, USA
Glowing orange, orb like, fireball
Arcadia · IA, USA
Bright Orange Fireball near Arcadia, Iowa
Des Moines · IA, USA
3 Bright Red Lights in a Triangle Formation
Bloomfield · IA, USA
Large ball of light sighted above rooftops.
Waterloo · IA, USA
One Fireball like object with an oscillating halo preceding it appeared at 9;05pm moving from South to North and another following the
Mt. Pleasant · IA, USA
Large orange/red fireball appears and travels in sky above and quickly disappears.
Des Moines · IA, USA
Green and yellow fall in an arc shape across the sky. very bright
Winterset · IA, USA
Sighting was seen by several witnesess. Appeared to be just dots in the sky bit as I drove closer to themthey appeared to be like balls
Davenport · IA, USA
Two witness one amber fireball track south over the Quad Cities
Iowa City · IA, USA
Hovering fireball north of Iowa City
Des Moines · IA, USA
While driving east on 80/35 near the Merle hay exit A large cherry red to orange fireball. It moved as though it may land in front of m
Ames · IA, USA
A single fireball or ball of light with a slight tail or trail passed in an arc toward the ground.
Iowa City · IA, USA
3/18/12 9:30 pm, very fast moving orange small ball, zipped from south to north - driving west on I80 just before Iowa City
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
I saw a large fireball pass over my house at about 1000 feet --no noise, traveling about 15mph.
Tama · IA, USA
A fiery Red Orb like ball floated through the sky.
Bettendorf · IA, USA
Saw 8 fireballs floating over Bettendorf high school in a group. After a couple minutes they dispersed. The appeared to fly or "drive"
Woodward · IA, USA
Orange/gold lights that seemed to "leap frog" across the north western Iowa sky.
Bonaparte · IA, USA
On july 3 2010 around 22:00 just before the fireworks show a orange and red orb just appeared over the des moines river and floated sou
Coralville · IA, USA
large greenish ball with trailing sparks moving level to ground altitude approx 500 feet.
Lamoni · IA, USA
Large green/red fireball over Lamoni, IA viewed from Graceland University. ((NUFORC Note: Probably a bright meteor. PD))
Hiawatha · IA, USA
Bright turqouise fireball rapidly descending at 15-20 degrees erupts into bright light and dissapears.