UFOMYST
CaseUnknown2009

Dubuque, IA, USA

((HOAX??)) All I could think was "OH ((deleted))!!"

Report quality: Low18/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 32s, a plausible sighting length
  • Brief witness text (30 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • Summary contains a HOAX marker
When
2009-04-24
Where
Dubuque, IA, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
30-35 Seconds
Geo
42.501, -90.665 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-dubuque-ia-2009-fdc346
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave2004

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In context

  • One of 26 documented reports from Dubuque, IA in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Iowa logged 42 sightings in 2009.

Report

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