An Iowa witness reports a silent, low flying, triangle-shaped UFO "with very bright, pulsating lights on the three ends of the aircraft" on November 15, 2011, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The witness was driving home from a banquet when the object was noticed about a half-mile in the distance. The witness slowed down and pulled over.
"The lights would stay on for about two seconds then go off; and in the middle, a very bright light would flash and go off almost immediately and this sequence continued,"the witness stated. "I turned off my radio and shut my car off to listen and watch."
The witness described the craft as it approached.
"This aircraft was completely silent and seemed to blend in with the sky. The only way I noticed it was the star displacement in the sky and the bright lights emitted from the aircraft. The craft was flying very fast towards the direction of my car, but slowed when it almost reached my car. It was maybe 20 feet above the treetops and it hovered for a few seconds about 200 feet to the northwest of my car above the tree line, then resumed its flight."
The object made a "slight course correction" and moved away.
"I looked to the east and could see its middle light shining, but from this point it was considerably smaller and looked like a helicopter search light. I was very flustered and confused, so I came home and researched all the possible explanations before I came to the conclusion that it was a UFO. In the morning I looked around the area, but there was no evidence that it had been there the night before."
No town name was mentioned in the public portion of the MUFON report, which was filed on November 16, 2011. No images or video were included with the report.
Iowa is a current UFO ALERT 5 rating, with a low number of UFO sightings nationally. Iowa had 5 reports in October 2011 - the 33rd highest reporting state in the nation - while Missouri was the highest reporting state with 75 reports.
You can read more details about other recently reported cases at the UFO Examiner home page.
The following is the unedited and as yet uninvestigated report filed with MUFON. Please keep in mind that most UFO reports can be explained as something natural or manmade. If Iowa MUFON State Director Jim King investigates and reports back on these cases, I will release an update.
IA, November 15, 2011 - UFO flies over car. MUFON Case 33381.
I was driving home from a banquet that i had for school and i was just singing along to my music and noticed a really bright light about half a mile in front of me then it went away. So i slowed to a stop on the side of the road and watched a triangle shaped aircraft with very bright pulsating lights on the three ends of the aircraft fly near my car.
The lights would stay on for about 2 seconds then go off and in the middle a very bright light would flash and go off almost immediately and this sequence continued. I turned off my radio and shut my car off to listen and watch.
This aircraft was completely silent and seemed to blend in with the sky. The only way i noticed it was the star displacement in the sky and the bright lights emitted from the aircraft. The craft was flying VERY fast towards the direction of my car but slowed when it almost reached my car. It was maybe 20 feet above the treetops and it hovered for a few seconds about 200 feet to the northwest of my car above the tree line then resumed its flight.
It made a slight alteration in course to go more towards the north but did not turn completely.
I drove home and looked into the sky to see if it followed or i could still see it. I looked to the east and could see its middle light shining but from this point it was considerably smaller and looked like a helicopter search light. I was very flustered and confused so i came home and researched all the possible explanations before i came to the conclusion that it was a UFO. In the morning i looked around the area but there was no evidence that it had been there the night before.
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