Occurred: 2000-03-25 00:45 Local
Reported: 2000-03-27 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 20 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Des Moines (Southeast of), IA, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted other objects

Red light in stop and go movement and dropping a storbbing object low in the sky then fading out.

We were on a late night walk. Stopped in a feild about two blocks from our apartment and glanced at sky. Saw an exteremly bright red light west of a second magnatude star. Was at a stand still for several moments and then the object began to move south in a burst then held position for maybe a minute and began a stop and go motion south bound for about five minutes. Object begand heading in a southeast heading in the same stop and go fassion fading a bit then brightening until it was about parrallel with the 2nd magnatude star. At this point a strobbing red light descended from the object falshing around 5 time before it disappeared. The main object then turned and proceeded in a north bound direction for around three minutes, stopped and slowly faded out.

Posted 2000-04-01

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