Sphere over Council Bluffs, IA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
My daughter and I just saw a couple of them with red flashing lights as we were watching for meteor shower. First one was going north so slowly it was hard to tell it was moving, till it was out of site. Second one was higher up but also going north. We are in CB. It was at about 12:30-2:00 am. Have also been seeing other strange lights cross the sky. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #121060). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-08-08 → 2015-08-25
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