NUFORC Sighting 179874

Occurred: 2023-12-29 20:45 Local
Reported: 2023-12-29 19:50 Pacific
Duration: More than 1 hour
No of observers: 3

Location: Alta, IA, USA

Shape: Orb
Color: Red,white,green,blue
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: South east
Angle of Elevation: 45
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

Saw multicolor flashing object staying in place

I went to let my dog out. As I was waiting for her i decided to look at the stars as I typically do when I let her out at night. As I was looking up I noticed flashing lights. I looked at them and noticed it wasn't the colors you'd see from a plane and it wasn't moving. I brought my dog back inside and grabbed my camera to try to take a picture of it. I walked down to the corner of my block to try to get an unobscured picture. The camera wouldn't focus and even when manually focused unfocused when I tried to take a picture. Someone walking past stopped and asked what I was taking a picture of. I pointed up to the multicolored lights and after seeing them he left. I went back inside to put away my camera since I couldn't get any photos. I told my grandma and she came out and looked at them as well. She went back inside while I stayed outside watching it. Every few minutes I would step inside for a minute to warm up before stepping back outside again to watch. After watching it for around an hour I went back inside as it was too cold out for me to stay outdoors.

Posted 2024-02-15