UFOMYST
CaseCircle2020

Waterloo, IA, USA

Thought was falling star at first as had blueish green color at end. Then it appeared up in the sky. Blue,white, red, colors on it. Was

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 240s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2020-03-24
Where
Waterloo, IA, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
3-5 minutes
Geo
42.493, -92.343 · exact
Slug
circle-over-waterloo-ia-2020-01619e
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave2004

    The Navy Encounters & the UAP Era

    U.S. training ranges (Pacific off San Diego; Atlantic off Virginia), then worldwide reporting

    The wave that renamed the subject. The USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' encounter (November 2004: radar drops from 80,000 ft to sea level in seconds, pilot visual by Cmdr. David Fravor, FLIR video) stayed classified-adjacent until…

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In context

  • One of 35 documented reports from Waterloo, IA in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Iowa logged 72 sightings in 2020.
  • Circle sightings ran at 11.9% during the 2020s (archive average: 10.6%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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