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As reported

Unknown over Storm Lake, IA

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

The report, as filed

I was taking a walk, and noticed the white object. 2 others walking with me also saw it and speculated that it might be a spy balloon. It didn't move much over the course of our hour-long walk, sometimes disappearing behind clouds, but was still there when I went in at 1 p.m. [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #179548). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-11-26 → 2023-12-13

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