Flash over Harlan, IA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Series of 5 soft electric blue flashes in northern sky over 1 hr duration. I deliberately set alarm to awake in the early morning to watch the sky away from the city. Lots of pulsating ‘stars’ and odd pattern movement by orbs/lights. (Obvious human aircraft with blinking lights were out circling the skies probably researching the orbs and flashes) I heard jets too. *There was similar activity in the early morning skies the day before as well, but no airplanes or jets were out. I watched the sky for hours both nights and seen dozens of zig- zagging orbs, but these flashes were new & uncommon to an avid sky watcher. *Also- owls, geese, locusts & crickets didn’t portray any unusual behavior during my witnessing. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #143145). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-09-15 → 2018-10-02