Fireball over Bentonsport, IA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I noticed looking in a North Eastern Direction in the sky beneath the clouds, approximately one mile away from where we were we saw 6-8 fire balls that were slowly moving toward each other and formed into three dimensional looking diamond before it disappeared behind the Treeline. They were visible for approximately 5 minutes. We were you able to snap a photo of it, and after cleaning up the image the fireball actually looks like a Cube with round globular light inside of it. This must have been what they all look like up close. The rest of the night I had this sensation of unease, fear and that we were not alone- when we absolutely were.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #158168). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-07-29 → 2020-08-15