Oval over West Branch, IA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Iowa sighting. 2 discs sighted in field
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
From the same sky
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April 6, 2020 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
West Branch, IA
I have seen strange lights in the sky many times before and not been able to explain it, but this one stood out to me and struck a chord for some reason. I am writing this 4 days after the initial sighting, because soon after something else unsettling happened to me. I’m not sure where to write this story for you, or if I should include it. Because it may seem a little crazy or maybe even like nothing big at all,
October 22, 2018 · 11:35 PM · LIGHT
West Branch, IA
But this night was different. I had just finished my truck driving route or schedule and now I was headed toward home in my Chevy Volt driving north on Baker St. in West Branch, Iowa, a drive I had taken for 13+ years. Of course there was a black sky that night and I had just drove down that small hill that heads out of town. The town was pretty much dead at this late hour around 11:35pm. I was going about 30 miles an hour when right before my eyes I saw what looked like at first glance a falling meteor. And then I could see the characteristics of it. The path of this object was straight down and I also saw that it was not falling that fast like other meteors, as though it may have been space junk or an airplane. I could also see a bluish and greenish glow coming from which I believe the bottom of this object. There was no tail behind it like a comet. It took about 3 seconds to see this fall looking through the front windshield of my car. That is how slow it was falling. But what took my breath away was how gigantic it was compared to other meteors. It was not small by any means but about the width of the moon. Something just fell out of the sky just maybe a few miles from where I was driving and it seemed like it was just maybe right off of the left side of the road ahead of me. I decided to investigate and so I drove a few miles ahead of my exit toward home. I could not see anything. And so I decided to head back home and while driving on the way back about a mile I passed a Iowa State patrol car speeding along as if he was maybe chasing someone. Of course there was no other cars out that night and so why was he driving that fast, I will never know. He did not have his lights on. When I arrived home I was somewhat in shock. I did not know what to do about this sign from the heavens. I decided to call the man that is in charge of the UFO sighting on coast to coast. I explained to him the situation and he told me to call 911 just to be sure because it could have been a plane. Or who knows what could have happened. And so I did and also called the Iowa State Patrol and ABC and CBS news stations. No one seemed to hear anything on police scanners or have seen anything. No reports were made and so time will only tell what truly happened this night. Maybe a farmer will find something in his field, especially since its all farm land north of West Branch, Iowa. I, being a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ will not be caught dead with lying to anyone about what I saw. I have a godly reputation in this neighborhood. You could not get me to tell a lie if you burned me at a stake for the Bible says, “All liars shall have their part in the lake of fire” in the book of the Revelation. I take this serious!!! I do not even listen to all the UFO reports on coast to coast (90% of the time I don’t even listen to coast to coast) because it seems to always be the same stories told pretty much, and so I just turn off my radio at this time or try to shut it out of my mind. I know there are many false reports but I also know that God Himself will never in a million years allow me to give a false report and live to tell about it. Because it would haunt me within my conscience with fiery guilt and then I would have to make restitution on it. All I know is that God allowed me to see this sign for a reason. I am 55 years old, never seen anything like this in all my life and I know without a doubt that something huge fell from the sky and it could not have been a meteor or could it? It now could be classified as an Unidentified Flying object. I could now say that I have seen one.
July 4, 2014 · 10:00 PM · CYLINDER
West Branch, IA
It was 10:00pm and I was called outside and when I went outside I saw 3 orange/red cylinders floating through the sky in a triangle formation. I thought it was Chinese lanterns but it was not windy at all, also it couldn't have stayed in that formation that long. I walked down a pathway and saw one bright white light floating through the sky very fast. It couldn't have been in the sky more than 30 seconds. about a minute later at home I saw one very dim light floating slower than the white light but aster than the 3 red lights. it floated through the sky before disappearing into the sky. What were these?
June 14, 2014 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
West Branch, IA
while walking my dogs at approx.10:30 pm north of town a bright red sphere came from the east heading west.......as it got closer the bright red turned bright orange and back to bright red......as it went past me heading east it turned due northwest and seemed to increase speed and disappear........this event took about 1 to 1 1/2 minutes........after it disappered i saw another bright red object come from the same direction coing from the east heading west at the same altitude and speed as the first one......this one really freaked me out !......as the same as the first not noise was evident...it was quiet.......this one also heade north and increase speed but seemed to fly higher when heading north......what was this????
October 20, 2000 · 9:00 PM · CHANGING
West Branch, IA
Strange Shape-Changing Object over rural Iowa