Circle over IA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
My father and I were outside when we noticed a large, white object high above us. It was circular and appeared to be some type of balloon. It hovered and moved around the area for at least one hour, during which time I took many photographs. We thought it was a weather balloon at the time, but now that we’ve seen reports and pictures of the alleged Chinese craft abode the central US, we believe that might be what we witnessed months ago.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #174286). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-09-25 → 2022-10-12
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