An Iowa City, IA, witness driving south on Camp Cardinal Blvd. at 1 a.m. on December 10, 2011, is hoping other witnesses will come forward to help identify a "large, hovering object in the dark sky," according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
"The street was dark," the witness stated. "Not many street lights nor other cars on the road. I was driving on an incline, so my line of sight was not only looking ahead, but up at the dark sky."
Then the object appeared.
"All of a sudden, out of nothing (blackness) overhead in the south-eastern sky, a row of three neon green lights appeared, that looked to be lined up evenly on the back of what I perceived to be something solid. "
The object first appeared to be hovering in the sky.
"But after a split second, out of each of the three green lights, came a trail, yellow in color, that curved upwards, propelling the object up and out of sight within two more split seconds. It did not cross much of the sky, but dissapeared into nothing, just as it had appeared out of nothing. My sense was that either it was flying at 'warp speed' and it just left the area too fast to register much of its departure, or it actually became invisible again, just as it must have been before the green lights had appeared."
The witness is unsure of how far away the object was.
"Judging from how clear I could see the detail, it could not initially have been that high in the sky. It seemed to be in the direction, from my judgement, of the Iowa City Airport, though, though it could have been beyond the airport, and just large enough to be seen so clearly from my viewpoint."
The witness is hoping others who saw the same thing will come forard.
"If no one else reports this sighting, then it will remain a private wonder to me."
Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, IA, population 67,862, the sixth largest city in the state. No images or videos were included with the MUFON report, which was filed on December 10, 2011. The above quotes were edited for clarity.
Iowa is a current UFO ALERT 5 rating, with a low number of UFO sightings nationally. Iowa had 7 reports in November 2011 - the 25th highest reporting state - compared to California with 72 cases, the highest reporting state in the nation.
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IA, December 10, 2011 - Large hovering object in dark sky, 1st invisible, then lit with 3. MUFON Case 33938
12/10/11 at aprox 1AM CST seen from car driving south on Camp Cardinal Blvd in Iowa City, IA. Street was dark/not many street lights nor other cars on the road. I was driving on an incline, so my line of sight was not only looking ahead, but up at the dark sky. All of a sudden, out of nothing (blackness) overhead in the south-eastern sky, a row of 3 neon green lights appeared, that looked to be lined up evenly on the back of what I perceived to be something solid. When it first appeared, it seemed to be stationary, but after a split second, out of each of the 3 green lights, came a trail, yellow in color, that curved upwards, propelling the object up and out of sight within two more split seconds. It did not cross much of the sky, but dissapeared into nothing, just as it had appeared out of nothing. My sense was that either it was flying at "warp speed" and it just left the area too fast to register much of its departure, or it actually became invisible again, just as it must have been before the green lights had appeared. Judging from how clear I could see the detail, it could not initially have been that high in the sky. It seemed to be in the direction, from my judgement, of the IA City airport, though, though it could have been beyond the airport, and just large enough to be seen so clearly from my viewpoint.
Wanted to report this on the chance that others saw the same thing, to add to the reports credibility. If no one else reports this sighting, then it will remain a private wonder to me.
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