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Waterloo (south of) · IA, USA
light moving oddly in straight line.
Dorchester · IA, USA
Upright Y shaped yellow and black flying objects.
Sioux City (IA)/Sioux Falls (SD) (between; on I 29) · IA, USA
Landed UFO off I29 between Sioux Falls, SD & Sioux City, IA in late summertime 1978
Des Moines · IA, USA
Boomerang shape many light made no sound.
Avoca · IA, USA
Chevron-shaped retinal after-image after looking at the sun with eyes closed.
Des Moines · IA, USA
never made a sound
Northwood · IA, USA
point of light ,like on a jet, divided into 2 points with large flash and disappeared over horizon in 12 seconds
West Liberty · IA, USA
Circular orb sighting at close range (about 25 feet) that moved in a straight line floating above the ground
Iowa City · IA, USA
9 stars in the summer sky,
Muscatine (area approx. 7mi south) · IA, USA
A formation of approx. 16 round fire orange guided craft entered the western sky at "10 o'clock" attitude. As I was watching the clear
Grinnell · IA, USA
Interesting odor case, unique perhaps in the "glob" description emanating from UFO.
Iowa City · IA, USA
Silver disk high in blue sky over Iowa 1975
Denison · IA, USA
Red Geometic "Amebia"
Davenport · IA, USA
On this particular clear sky evening in rural Iowa. I was leaving our farm and goin on a date in town. I was 17 at the time and was goi
Council Bluffs · IA, USA
We saw a red light at high altitude zig zag across sky from horizon to horizon, then again hovering slowly over Mo. river area, then cl
Avoca · IA, USA
Stationary bright white light that turned red and appeared to envelope the object once it started to move at a high speed.
Jefferson · IA, USA
A report from Jefferson, IA in September 1973 described an oval object, after which two witnesses reported an unexplained four-hour gap in their memory, lasting 4 hours.
Larchwood · IA, USA
A report from Larchwood, IA in June 1973 described a diamond-shaped object seen by a family of five while driving near a TV transmission tower at the Iowa-South Dakota border, lasting 10 minutes.
Reasnor · IA, USA
A witness in Reasnor, Iowa reported a disk-shaped object hovering silently above the clouds for about an hour during a daytime sighting in March 1973, according to the original account.
Onawa · IA, USA
A witness in Onawa, Iowa reported a saucer-shaped object with square red lights moving slowly over the town, during a three-minute sighting in September 1972.
Humboldt · IA, USA
A witness in Humboldt, Iowa reported a cigar-shaped object resembling a large blimp that appeared from a clear sky, descended, landed, and vanished within about 45 seconds in September 1971.
Osceola · IA, USA
((HOAX??)) it was a flying disk it was tracking us the chararistic of the disk dont aply it followed us.
Sioux City · IA, USA
My friend and I were on a country highway between Sioux City and Westfield, Iowa. We were coming up on a farmer's house and both of us
Westfield · IA, USA
A witness in Westfield, Iowa, reported a disk-shaped object hovering very close to a house's roof in June 1970, for about five minutes.