Egg over Iowa City, IA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
A white egg shaped object appears in the sky on a clear blue morning and thens grows in size and drifts slowly north. I watch it closel
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 1999-11-05 → 1999-11-22
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