Light over Des moines, IA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
3rd sighting. Solid green with rotating red yellow and purple lights. Hovers in the same spot for different lengths of time and the it will quickly drop out of sight. Always after sunset. Once there were 3 other lights flying around it.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #175704). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-05-04 → 2023-05-21