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As reported

Light over Waverly, IA

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

Seen in the process of driving to Iowa City from St. Paul, MN. Bright light, Green or possibly white two witnesses have differing views. Came over the top of vehicle visible through sunroof and then windshield. Didn't seem to be moving exceedingly fast, after being visible for 5-10 seconds it looked like it raced off straight ahead disappearing within a second. I know this probably isn't a terribly large amount of information but it'd be cool to know if there was a meteor or anything spotted in the area. If anyone tracks those sort of things.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #171469). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-08-22 → 2022-09-08

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August 5, 2019 · 3:00 AM · FIREBALL

Waverly, IA

This ball was bright green, it was so fast as if trying to escape the storm and it was not falling from the sky like an asteroid, nor was there any impact in town which would have sounded like a bomb had it come down and struck something. This was traveling parallel to the boulevard that goes out of town above the electrical wires by approx. 12 feet. I was afraid to tell anyone, and I couldn't think of what calling the police would accomplish. I found about this site just recently. I don't know what I saw, but it seemed intelligent or intelligent driven based on its trajectory and speed and size. I'm wondering if I'm alone in seeing something like this. It doesn't seem to match any other descriptions I've seen on television or heard of on radio pod casts. I'd like to feel there's some normalcy to what I've seen.