Circle over Marion, IA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I think I witnessed a meteorite or meteor streaking through the sky to the north. the bright light went from looking like a bright start to leaving a trail then broke up as it diminished
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #130685). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-10-15 → 2016-11-01
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January 14, 2016 · 9:10 PM · FIREBALL
Marion, IA
Thursday, January 14th 2016, I was out on my usual 5 mile walk around northeast Marion, IA. At 9:10pm, I noticed a bright burning object in the clear night sky when I was southbound on Rosewood Ridge Drive. It was approaching from the southwest traveling northeast fast. I knew instantly that this wasn’t a plane or jet. No blinking lights, no sound whatsoever. It was not a meteor because it never burnt up. The object had no trail but yet it was burning. Object was not a candle balloon lantern, as it was much larger and higher in the sky, traveling fast. Also it was not the ISS either, as I am a regular observer of the space station and this object was clearly not in orbit. The burning object passed over me at about 60 degrees and even as it flew off towards the northeast, the whole object still burned as it had been burning the whole time. Roughly about 3 minutes from the time I first saw it, to when it slowly disappeared toward the northeast horizon. Exact description: about the size of a jet, sphere shaped, burning, looked like fire but it stayed in the ! shape of a sphere, no trail whatsoever, no blinking lights, no sound. The whole time I just stood still in the street watching this object. No cars had passed while I watched, and no people around whatsoever. A very silent and clear night in January.
October 18, 2014 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Marion, IA
Person indicated seeing 4 lights in a diamond shape in the north east sky outside marion and ran to get camera due the lights being stationary and hearing no engine noise, when they came back out the orbs of light changed shape fast and disappeared faster than any aircraft heading towards the direction of nuclear power plant, they caught part of the them in a photo. Previous to that another object was seen streaking across the sky faster than any known aircraft at a earlier date and just vanished, similar shape, but different colored lights. Have noticed more sightings in eastern iowa and near old airforce/army bases esepcially near waverly from what i have been told, but alot of people have noticed them and the increase of aircraft flying without lights as well with the faint noise of rotors as well in areas where sightings are occurring often after they have been seen. Lot of activity it seems for just training missions as we are told.
March 29, 2013 · 3:00 AM · CHANGING
Marion, IA
Electric blue lights w/red triangle in center, and 2 smaller ones,