As reported

Formation over Coralville, IA

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The report, as filed

reddish formation of lights, arch shaped, maybe 8-10 total lights. Low altitude, moving slow...too slow to be a plane or heli. Turned off radio and rolled down windows and kept looking at them to the right in the sky. NO SOUND. Weird. What were they? Was driving home to North Liberty from Coralville on 965

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #117654). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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