Light over Holstein, IA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
On the night of February 17, I was coming home and saw a bright ball of light in the sky. As I was looking at more closely I saw that it had a ring of red lights underneath it and seemed to follow me when I turned a corner and continued to follow me till I got home. Then it sat there for a long time.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #132740). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-02-14 → 2017-03-03
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