Sphere over Sioux city, IA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
After watching a jet go straight up in the air then and west going straight above us a sphere shaped craft appeared at the halfway mark of the trail left by the jet while it went straight. As we were looking at it and wondering where it came from a bright light appeared in the sky north of it and then it dimmed with a flicker . Then the sphere like craft headed west until we couldn't see it anymore. I believe he light.was from a metallic craft reflecting the sun.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #178423). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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