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Bondurant · IA, USA
I was laying in bed. I saw 3 lights in the sky. They seemed to be moving into a shape. One kept cycling around. As I went to take a pic
Ottumwa · IA, USA
I have seen three lights in northeast sky one really bright one bright and one that looks like a star going out you can see it every ni
Cummings · IA, USA
4 white lights circling CCW coming together as 1 light separating and repeating pattern. ((NUFORC Note: Advertising lights? PD))
Hazelton · IA, USA
2 Bright Lights Traveling at the Same Speed and Flight Pattern
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
Dancing BRIGHT BRIGHT white orbs in the night sky.
Muscatine · IA, USA
Wandering white light flying north, while three red/white constant lights remained stationary
Perry · IA, USA
Large sphere of light seen going over Perry, Iowa.
Bettendorf · IA, USA
Distant white "stars" moving across the sky typically S of the big dipper. ((NUFORC Note: Overflight of satellites, we wonder? PD) )
West Des Moines · IA, USA
orange glowing object in clear black sky amazing speed
Des Moines · IA, USA
Came out on my deck and before me in the sky were approximately 8-10 orange orbs moving in a SW to NE arc. This grouping was followed b
Burlington · IA, USA
Two lights seen flying overhead.
Ames · IA, USA
One white with blue light then two more same flight plan over Ames IA.
Dysart · IA, USA
Bright lights in the sky over dysart ia.
Dysart · IA, USA
Lights in the sky over Dysart, Iowa.
Reinbeck · IA, USA
Bright lighjt manuevers over Iowa sky.
Mason City · IA, USA
Observed two steady red lights for about one minute that moved slowly and faded out
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
My girlfriend and I just happened to be outside at approximately 9:45pm. We witnessed a bright white light move slowly from the NW sky,
Council Bluffs · IA, USA
Lights moving in a circular motion
Cedar Falls · IA, USA
Bright golden light seen twice on the same road to home.
Muscatine · IA, USA
Bright orange lights moving slow across the sky.
Lafayette · IA, USA
Stationary High-Magnitude Light Dimming Out
Des Moines · IA, USA
An unexplained, unidentified flying object.
Muscatine · IA, USA
five bright yellow lights leading huge craft
Sioux City · IA, USA
Bright orange lights taking an unusual flight pattern and then disappearing in the same area in the sky.