Sphere over SHENANDOAH, IA, IA

The report, as filed

The first of the anomalies appeared above town a week ago, First one then two and were quite low and bright, resembling Christmas lights but the brightest and lowest were about 200 to 300 feet in altitude. As I continued to monitor them I could see more high in the sky coming in faintly then getting closer to where they just hovered a little higher than the first ones. Their patterns seem to be relatively consistent from night to night, sometimes as many as 7 or so visible and sometimes as little as 4. They do not move much or noticeably but just hover in the same area. But this last Saturday night the 14th as I was watching the usual lights that have been visiting, I noticed a new and different light pattern over in the west part of town not far away. It was much larger than the usual ones, with white lights constantly changing shape. Around 9 pm I decided to get in the car and see if I could get a picture of it. I drove out of town away from the lights of town and by the time I'd gotten one mile out the light pattern had moved so fast it was miles ahead of me. Doing 60 mph west I stopped again and got out of the car. It was so far away in the west by then I knew I'd never catch it so I went home.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #173988). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.