NUFORC Reports for State IA

Link	Occurred	City	State	Country	Shape	Summary	Reported	Media	Explanation
Open	02/21/1995 19:00	Council Bluffs	IA	USA		Young man sees 3 solid lights; pulls off highway. Sees gigantic, gray triangle w/ "archways." Good rept, excellent drawing.	02/26/1995
Open	06/19/1995 22:00	Adair County	IA	USA		2 young men experience multiple sightings of bizarre, bright obj., which hover, streak, & land. Very bizarre; good report.	06/20/1995
Open	07/26/1995 22:30	Mason City	IA	USA		Woman repts. seeing peculiar star zigzagging across sky. Fifth sighting in a week.	07/26/1995
Open	10/01/1995 12:00	Iowa City	IA	USA		Man witnesses 2 "white" aircraft rendezvous at high altitude, fly toward bizarre obj. approaching very fast. Obj. "sparkled."	10/02/1995
Open	10/09/1995 00:00	Iowa City	IA	USA		Man repts. witnessing "flash, followed by a classic UFO, w/ a tailfin at back." Red color on top half of tailfin. Became triangular.	10/09/1995
Open	11/19/1995 18:00	Trenton	IA	USA		Young man hunting sees two peculiar bright lights hovering in sky, "like planets." Suddenly they flashed, changed color, moved.	11/27/1995
Open	03/20/1998 18:00	Okoboji	IA	USA	Fireball	A large fireball came across the sky above the lake. It was yellow then changed to green.	03/22/1998
Open	09/26/1998 02:25	Grand Mound (2 miles west of, on Highway 30)	IA	USA	Other	Greenish dust at 1000 to 4000ft moving east to west at approxament speed depinding on altatude 500 to 1000mph	09/26/1998
Open	06/30/1998 03:58	Bettendorf	IA	USA	Light	I saw a pair of strange lights in the early morning sky that disappeared in a strange fashion.	06/30/1998
Open	07/16/1998 09:30	Muscatine	IA	USA	Oval	Very brilliant green oval traveling silently moving north to south. Clear blue sky. Object appeared shiny and metallic with sun shini	07/18/1998
Open	10/26/1986 13:30	Decatur	IA	USA	Triangle	It continued on straight path about 100' in air for about 8 seconds. then went straight up for about 2 seconds and out of sight.	08/25/1998
Open	10/02/1998 19:55	Bettendorf	IA	USA	Light	Heavy Blue Light beamed down and chased family in house, simular to 50 foot wide search light.	10/01/1998
Open	08/30/1995 23:10	Rock Valley	IA	USA	Triangle	I was out stargazing and a large, completely silent triangle UFO passed overhead at phenomenal speed towards the East. Two more went ov	10/12/1998
Open	10/18/1998 04:30	Bettendorf	IA	USA	Sphere	SOFT BALL SIZE FLOATING BALL OF LIGHT. APPEARED TO BE UNDER SOME TYPE OF CONTROL.	10/20/1998
Open	10/23/1998 19:00	Humeston	IA	USA	Circle	hovering objects sighted in iowa.	10/24/1998
Open	10/26/1998 00:00	Spencer	IA	USA	Fireball	Traveling north on US Highway 71 at approx. 2am on the north edge of Spencer. Saw blueish green fireball traveling west to east. Had r	10/31/1998
Open	11/14/1998 13:30	Marion	IA	USA	Cylinder	ten (10) white cylinder shaped objects flying in standard formattion, for appox. 5 minutes.	11/15/1998
Open	11/17/1998 05:00	Davenport	IA	USA	Triangle	Triangular shaped noiseless craft flew over head at approx 150 feet heading south by south west from my location.	11/18/1998
Open	10/25/1975 22:25	Muscatine (area approx. 7mi south)	IA	USA	Circle	A formation of approx. 16 round fire orange guided craft entered the western sky at "10 o'clock" attitude. As I was watching the clear	03/08/1999
Open	03/17/1999 04:30	Iowa City	IA	USA	Triangle	dark triangle moves slowly and appears to hover in night sky.	03/19/1999
Open	04/10/1999 21:47	Pleasantville (outskirts of)	IA	USA	Light	a big, very bright light traveling close to the ground very fast, w/a spinning red & white light also, as it flew away, it looked like	04/11/1999
Open	12/15/1994 23:30	Knoxville	IA	USA	Changing	Hovering object seen high in night sky as a /\ (this should be like an arrowhead) changing or to a < or making a turn.	01/08/1999
Open	05/19/1999 01:00	Des Moines (east of, 152 mm on I-80)	IA	USA	Light	3 YELLOW LIGHTS SIMILAR TO STARS IN SKY, APPEARED TO BE IN A TYPE OF DOG FIGHT. THEY WOULD COME TOGETHER AND THEN FLY APPART.	05/23/1999
Open	06/05/1999 02:00	Des Moines	IA	USA	Other	Looked like shooting star, Except they had no tail, went from south horizion to north horizion at a very high rate of speed	06/07/1999
Open	06/17/1999 21:03	Council Bluffs	IA	USA	Circle	Looking at Venus with scope and spotted a black sphere moving through the field of view very quickly.	06/17/1999
Open	04/16/1999 20:30	Bettendorf/Davenport	IA	USA	Other	Circle with beaver-tail-like object on the side.	07/03/1999
Open	07/04/1999 23:00	Humboldt	IA	USA	Light	Saw an object (about the size of star) traveling very fast high in the sky. It then shot straight up out of sight.	07/07/1999
Open	07/07/1999 23:15	Des Moines	IA	USA	Orb	What looked like a star was moving to the north for a duration of 15 seconds before being blocked out by some high clouds.	07/09/1999
Open	07/23/1999 23:40	Woodbine	IA	USA	Unknown	two groups of lights two flashing one just on both groups mirroring the other	07/22/1999
Open	08/13/1999 22:15	Monticello	IA	USA	Fireball	Happened to catch a very bright and large green fireball streek through the sky in Iowa.	08/13/1999
Open	03/20/1980 00:00	Morning Sun	IA	USA	Disk	A 12' circular light was on the bottom of the craft. It was hovering silently over my farm pond. I was 20' from craft, the engines star	08/29/1999
Open	09/04/1999 22:30	Brighton (outside of)	IA	USA	Fireball	camping, object zig-zagged, stopped off and on, went behind a large cloud bank and was so bright it lit through the cloud, weird hard t	09/14/1999
Open	07/15/1997 17:00	Fairfield	IA	USA	Sphere	extremely bright reflective sphere changed into eccentric cigar chape	09/15/1999
Open	09/15/1999 23:30	Cedar Rapids	IA	USA	Unknown	Looking west, at about 20-30 degrees up from the horizon, saw strange light that appeared to be moving very slowly or hovering. Lights	09/15/1999
Open	09/17/1999 22:18	Council Bluffs	IA	USA	Flash	While driving home from school in Council Bluffs down Interstate 80 I observed a bright flash that streaked across the sky a great dist	09/17/1999
Open	10/24/1999 06:00	Iowa City	IA	USA	Sphere	round white ball beyond treetops straight north moving ENE fluctuating	10/24/1999
Open	10/28/1999 04:47	Cedar Rapids	IA	USA	Teardrop	I was driving home after work when I was a teardrop silvery and shiny object, (and it was obvious that it was chrome colored) passed ac	10/28/1999
Open	11/08/1999 05:28	Emmetsburg	IA	USA	Unknown	I saw what appeared to be a star-like object towards the west. Upon observing the object for a period of time. I notice it had one blin	11/08/1999
Open	11/08/1999 10:00	Iowa City	IA	USA	Egg	A white egg shaped object appears in the sky on a clear blue morning and thens grows in size and drifts slowly north. I watch it closel	11/09/1999
Open	11/25/1996 22:15	Arnolds Park	IA	USA	Triangle	Triangular Shaped Object Hovering Over Frozen Lower Gar Lake No More Than 1500ft (Aprox 1/4 Mile Away) From Bridge I Was Standing On.	11/10/1999
Open	11/16/1999 18:00	Kellogg (outside of)	IA	USA	Circle	My grandma and me were driving home from Newton and About two or three miles outside of Kellogg my grandma seen something go by us. I d	11/16/1999
Open	11/15/1999 18:00	Cedar Rapids	IA	USA	Fireball	Long Green tail with a orange fireball moved across the sky from south to north in the eastern sky. Tail disapated orange fireball cont	11/16/1999
Open	11/16/1999 18:04	Norwalk (sml town just sw of Des Moines)	IA	USA	Fireball	this was a blue-green fireball seen by myself, my husband and our young son. it was moving from the south to the northeast. my husban	11/16/1999
Open	11/16/1999 18:05	Fairfield	IA	USA	Fireball	Greenish apearing fireball with spark tail heading slowly eastward.	11/21/1999
Open	03/30/1998 23:00	Davenport (Vanderveer Park)	IA	USA	Circle	I didn't see it at the time, it was over 2 years later I was looking over my 3-D photos and saw a splotch. I dig enhanced it and deter	11/29/1999
Open	11/30/1999 05:40	Iowa City	IA	USA	Orb	satellite dots in polar orbit but one grew very bright as it turned into line with first	11/30/1999
Open	11/16/1999 18:05	Durant (rural)	IA	USA	Fireball	A fireball of green blue/turquoise and orange color. With long glowing tail traveling behind seem to be descending out of the sky heade	01/07/2000
Open	08/15/1994 23:00	Earlham	IA	USA	Rectangle	one huge(4 storys high,150 ft. wide) craft, trailed by 2 small pods that looked about the size of a big car. The big ship made no noise	01/19/2000
Open	02/16/2000 18:35	Atlantic	IA	USA	Formation	Bright white flashing lights in the sky. Four objects flying in the shape of a "W". Followed them approximately 13 minutes, keeping th	02/17/2000
Open	03/03/2000 19:55	Boone	IA	USA	Oval	Bright Blue/silver light,right over head,statonary,thought it was a star,The objict moved due North as it dimed to a very small light.	03/03/2000
Open	03/13/2000 21:40	Clarinda	IA	USA	Light	It looked like a star at first...	03/21/2000
Open	03/25/2000 00:45	Des Moines (Southeast of)	IA	USA	Fireball	Red light in stop and go movement and dropping a storbbing object low in the sky then fading out.	03/27/2000
Open	07/07/1974 03:00	Council Bluffs	IA	USA	Disk	We saw a red light at high altitude zig zag across sky from horizon to horizon, then again hovering slowly over Mo. river area, then cl	04/19/2000
Open	04/22/2000 22:20	Victor	IA	USA	Fireball	I was outside, it was partially overcast. Object passed over me from west to east, first saw the object straight above me. Object sped	04/22/2000
Open	04/01/1996 23:00	Anamosa/Cedar Rapids (between)	IA	USA	Fireball	I was delivering a pizza to a house out of town. I was returning towards a gravel rode from a suburb. I came to the end of the drive	04/27/2000
Open	04/28/2000 23:15	Des Moines	IA	USA	Unknown	What I thought was just a satellite, with binoculars I see 3 traveling together at the same speed.	04/28/2000
Open	05/03/2000 20:00	Mt. Pleasant	IA	USA	Light	One craft crossed in front of an airplane that was flying at the same time. The three others were verry high up. All were visible with	05/04/2000
Open	06/15/1966 21:00	Bellevue	IA	USA	Disk	This is the first time I have reproted this occurrance. I was between 10-12 (have have to go back to where my bed was placed in my bedr	06/11/2000
Open	06/18/2000 10:45	West Branch	IA	USA	Oval	Iowa sighting. 2 discs sighted in field	06/22/2000
Open	07/04/2000 22:00	West Des Moines	IA	USA	Circle	Red Light Hovering over West Des Moines Iowa	07/13/2000
Open	07/17/2000 22:40	Cedar Rapids	IA	USA	Triangle	Sighting of a triangular-shaped object judging by distinct lights on three corners.	07/17/2000
Open	01/26/2000 06:45	Ottumwa	IA	USA	Disk	Daylight sighting of domed disk near Ottumwa	08/03/2000
Open	10/01/1966 22:30	Anamosa	IA	USA	Unknown	large quiet craft, covered with blackness, and "stars" to not be noticed, moving slowly southwest to north north east.	09/13/2000
Open	09/14/2000 21:15	Des Moines	IA	USA	Light	It was a round star object that went straight then zig zagged.	09/14/2000
Open	01/15/1987 01:45	Elkader	IA	USA	Other	What I and my wife seen that night on are way home from a night out. It wasn't anything from man, and it's not new to me. It was a cume	09/24/2000
Open	09/24/2000 23:25	Ames	IA	USA	Flash	Birght flashing light in sky	09/26/2000
Open	09/26/2000 22:10	Ankeny	IA	USA	Triangle	Triangular shaped craft (20-30ftlength of side) with a light at each corner, hovered motionless 40-50feet over a farmhouse.	09/26/2000
Open	07/04/2000 21:00	Windsor Heights	IA	USA	Light	We saw a bright red light during a fireworks display in Des Moines.	10/17/2000
Open	07/15/1975 23:00	Grinnell	IA	USA	Rectangle	Interesting odor case, unique perhaps in the "glob" description emanating from UFO.	10/16/2000
Open	07/04/2000 21:30	Des Moines (metro area)	IA	USA	Light	Light in sky from which (twice) descended another smaller light. Moved AGAINST wind no matter what direction.	10/16/2000
Open	11/03/2000 15:40	Decorah	IA	USA	Unknown	strange object seen over rural area twice in last month. viewed by many yet still unexplained. hoovering, darting, then vanishing.	11/03/2000
Open	11/02/2000 01:00	Dayton	IA	USA	Disk	bright star like lights seen through a telescope	11/06/2000
Open	06/10/1994 23:59	Boyden	IA	USA	Flash	A flash of bright light on a dark night.	12/01/2000
Open	12/31/2000 23:00	Spirit Lake	IA	USA	Disk	Flash of light	01/09/2001
Open	01/09/2001 11:00	Arnolds Park	IA	USA	Sphere	silver sphere, cars shut off that drove under it	01/09/2001
Open	01/27/2001 22:00	Des Moines	IA	USA	Other	Grenn trailing orb seen in Iowa woods!	01/27/2001
Open	01/27/2001 21:15	Winterset	IA	USA	Fireball	look like a crashing ship	01/31/2001
Open	01/31/2001 21:00	Muscatine	IA	USA		They're out there. Area couple reports UFO sighting By The Muscatine Journal MUSCATINE, Iowa - A Durrant couple spotted an unidentified	02/04/2001
Open	09/27/1966 01:00	Red Oak	IA	USA	Oval	Beeping sounds and unidentifiable greenish, foggy light that flooded area for approx. 3 min. in the early morning hours.	02/06/2001
Open	06/01/1967 16:00	Red Oak	IA	USA	Light	Two unidentified extremely bright lights, one large - one smaller, clearly visible on a sunny clear day, moving at incredible speed..	02/06/2001
Open	05/01/1989 22:00	Palo	IA	USA	Light	A bright light floated slowly ( and silently) over the barn.	02/06/2001
Open	12/03/1973 19:00	Avoca	IA	USA	Unknown	Stationary bright white light that turned red and appeared to envelope the object once it started to move at a high speed.	02/08/2001
Open	07/25/1989 20:00	Waterloo	IA	USA	Orb	Swift moving metallic orb, traveling East to West.	02/13/2001
Open	09/23/1997 19:00	Denison	IA	USA	Disk	After seeing the SR71 Blackbird I saw a saucer shaped craft hoovering silently.	02/15/2001
Open	02/22/2001 19:45	Carroll	IA	USA	Light	unbelievable, five large orange/yellow bright spheres appearing one after another moving quickly across the sky and disappearing.	02/22/2001
Open	07/04/2000 22:00	Des Moines	IA	USA	Light	Red Light in the Southern Sky on the Fourth of July	03/09/2001
Open	04/18/2001 22:00	Grimes	IA	USA	Light	moving, non flashing light that disapeared	04/19/2001
Open	05/09/2001 23:53	Ames	IA	USA	Light	Four lights ascending, sitting stationary for awhile, then moving NE and disappearing	05/09/2001
Open	05/17/2001 21:45	Ames	IA	USA	Triangle	Large triangular craft travels slowly at low altitude over Ames, IA	05/24/2001
Open	05/17/2001 21:45	Ames	IA	USA	Triangle	Credible witnesses, using binoculars, checking details of huge, nearby object.	05/28/2001
Open	06/06/2001 00:15	Lake Mills	IA	USA	Light	Confusing light in North Iowa	06/07/2001
Open	06/21/2001 22:30	Ames	IA	USA	Triangle	A very big triangle of 20 - 30 green spots	06/22/2001
Open	06/23/2001 03:00	Des Moines	IA	USA	Fireball	slow moving green fireball	06/26/2001
Open	10/20/2000 21:00	West Branch	IA	USA	Changing	Strange Shape-Changing Object over rural Iowa	07/07/2001
Open	01/15/2001 00:20	Iowa City	IA	USA	Formation	A large flight of glowing discs sighted over Iowa City	07/07/2001
Open	10/01/1957 20:30	Martelle	IA	USA	Cigar	I Fly and have been in Viet Nam and around the world and have never seen anything like it again.	07/09/2001
Open	05/05/2000 19:30	Onawa (Near, on I-29)	IA	USA	Changing	Ball of light separated into three lights and accelerated out of view.	07/20/2001
Open	06/20/1968 15:00	Fairfield	IA	USA	Other	Huge object 100'-150'appearing like a chrome coated deflated balloon moved slowly over Fairfield, Iowa	07/23/2001
Open	07/20/1968 01:00	Des Moines	IA	USA	Circle	a strange but non frigtening evet	07/25/2001
Open	08/01/2001 21:30	Des Moines	IA	USA	Circle	white light changing directions in the sky.	08/01/2001
Link	Occurred	City	State	Country	Shape	Summary	Reported	Media	Explanation