Live Intercept Case ID: be447ca7

SIGHTING: WEST DES MOINES, IA

Sighted On

Tuesday 26. June 2012

Reported On

Wednesday 04. July 2012

Classification

Light

Duration

2 minutes

Witness Testimony

"orange glowing object in clear black sky amazing speedMy girlfriend and her mother and I were driving in a car when we all saw an orange bright glowing object shaped like an egg on its side, that made no sound or left any smoke behind itself. It was around 9 pm at night in West Des Moines, Iowa with clear black sky no stars were outside. This object was viewed for 2min it was slowly flying and all of a sudden it just disappeared with quick unbelievable speed. "

Source: NUFORC

Intelligence Discussion

Coordinates

Latitude

41.5772°

Longitude

-93.7113°

Technical Specs

Classification Light

Duration 2 minutes

Source NUFORC

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Urbandale, Iowa (United States)	2020-04-26	Star-like	00:02:00
Des Moines, Iowa (United States)	2020-04-26	Star-like	00:30:00
Indianola, Iowa (United States)	2020-04-23	Circle	01:00:00
Indianola, Iowa (United States)	2020-04-23	Circle	01:00:00
Albia, Iowa (United States)	2020-03-01	Star-like	00:00:09
Perry, Iowa (United States)	2020-01-09	Circle	00:17:00
Osceola, Iowa (United States)	2019-12-02	Circle	00:02:00
Ankeny, Iowa (United States)	2019-11-24	Circle	00:02:00
Panora, Iowa (United States)	2019-11-16	Unknown	00:02:00
Marshalltown, Iowa (United States)	2019-11-12	Unknown	01:00:00
Stuart, Iowa (United States)	2019-11-08	Oval	00:05:00
Chariton, Iowa (United States)	2019-10-19	Cigar	00:05:00
Ames, Iowa (United States)	2019-10-19	Cigar	00:00:40
Des Moines, Iowa (United States)	2019-10-04	Circle	00:14:00
Winterset, Iowa (United States)	2019-09-19	Sphere	00:07:00
Indianola, Iowa (United States)	2019-08-26	Flash	00:10:00
Madrid, Iowa (United States)	2019-05-17	Circle	00:00:42
Windsor Heights, Iowa (United States)	2019-04-16	Unknown	01:00:00
Humeston, Iowa (United States)	2019-02-09	Unknown	00:05:00
West Des Moines, Iowa (United States)	2019-01-05	Circle	00:02:00
Des Moines, Iowa (United States)	2018-12-24	Sphere	00:00:03
Des Moines, Iowa (United States)	2018-12-24	Sphere	00:00:03
Waukee, Iowa (United States)	2018-12-22	N, A	00:15:00
Waukee, Iowa (United States)	2018-12-22	N, A	00:15:00
Iowa (United States)	2018-10-31	Unknown	00:00:00
Van Wert, Iowa (United States)	2018-08-29	Disc
Runnells, Iowa (United States)	2018-08-08	Circle	00:03:00
Newton, Iowa (United States)	2018-07-15	Blimp	00:05:00
Prairie City, Iowa (United States)	2018-01-29	Egg
Exira, Iowa (United States)	2017-07-31	Triangle	00:30:00
Bagley, Iowa (United States)	2017-07-23	Unknown
Iowa (United States)	2017-07-15	Boomerang
Marshalltown, IA	2017-07-06	Fireball	10 seconds
Iowa (United States)	2017-07-02	N, A	00:05:00
Iowa (United States)	2017-06-26	Sphere	00:01:00
West Des Moines, IA	2017-06-04	Disk	20 minutes
Montezuma, Iowa (United States)	2017-05-30	Saturn-like	00:00:03
Des Moines, IA	2017-05-14	Circle	1 minute
Iowa (United States)	2017-05-12	N, A	00:02:00
Jewell, IA	2017-05-08	Sphere	90 minutes
Iowa (United States)	2017-05-03	Disc	01:00:00
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Des Moines, IA	2017-04-13	Circle	15 minutes
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Newton, IA	2017-02-21	Triangle	2 minutes
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Bagley, IA	2016-11-13	Other	20 minutes
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Jasper County, IA	2016-11-11	Flash	2 seconds
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Des Moines, IA	2016-10-02	Light	>30 minutes
Marshalltown, IA	2016-09-01	Unknown	3 seconds
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Des Moines, IA	2016-06-04	Light	Few minutes
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Undisclosed, Iowa (United States)	2016-01-19	Disc	Undisclosed
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Urbandale, IA	2015-11-08	Other	3-5 seconds
Des Moines, Iowa (United States)	2015-11-04	Oval	Undisclosed
Granger, IA	2015-11-04	Light	30 seconds
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Norwalk, Iowa (United States)	2015-09-05	Sphere	Undisclosed
Ankeny, Iowa (United States)	2015-08-24	Flash	Undisclosed
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Des Moines, Iowa (United States)	2015-08-15	Other	00:00:01
Ames, IA	2015-08-15	Diamond	1 minute
Des Moines, Iowa (United States)	2015-08-12	Oval	Undisclosed
Newton, IA	2015-08-06	Diamond	45 seconds
Des Moines, IA	2015-07-30	Disk	5 seconds
Corydon, Iowa (United States)	2015-07-19	Fireball	Undisclosed
Undisclosed, Iowa (United States)	2015-07-04	Other	Undisclosed
Undisclosed, Iowa (United States)	2015-05-23	Oval	Undisclosed
Knoxville, Iowa (United States)	2015-04-28	Disc	Undisclosed
Des Moines, Iowa (United States)	2015-04-21	Disc	Undisclosed
Oskaloosa, IA	2015-03-29	Light	1 minute