Live Intercept Case ID: be450e52

SIGHTING: CHARITON, IA

Sighted On

Friday 10. April 1953

Reported On

Wednesday 12. May 2004

Classification

Other

Duration

10 min

Witness Testimony

"" Flying Wing Before It's Time "Early spring my brother and I saw a "flying wing" being refuled by a tanker at 1:00 - 2:00 in the afternoon. I understand that at that time there were no big Flying Wings. I didn't know till years later, what I saw. Granted this is no UFO story, but it lets me know that there are really things up there unknown to most people. No need to contact me as that's all I know. We were looking northwest, Objects were about 3-5 miles, guessing about 4000to5000ft high. (low ?) Thank you((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. Does anyone know whether the U. S. "flying wing" bomber was flying, by the spring of 1953?? PD))"

Source: NUFORC

Intelligence Discussion

Coordinates

Latitude

41.0176°

Longitude

-93.3099°

Technical Specs

Classification Other

Duration 10 min

Source NUFORC

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Oskaloosa Iowa	2021-06-01	Triangle	5-8 min intervals over 4 hours
Greenfield, Iowa (United States)	2020-04-27	Sphere	00:01:30
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
Osceola, Iowa (United States)	2019-12-02	Circle	00:02:00
Ankeny, Iowa (United States)	2019-11-24	Circle	00:02:00
Chariton, Iowa (United States)	2019-10-19	Cigar	00:05:00
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
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
Fremont, Iowa (United States)	2018-08-29	Circle	00:50:00
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
Iowa (United States)	2017-07-15	Boomerang
Lamoni, IA	2017-07-10	Disk	Night time
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
Iowa (United States)	2017-05-03	Disc	01:00:00
Des Moines, IA	2017-04-22	Light	20 seconds
Des Moines, IA	2017-04-13	Circle	15 minutes
Des Moines, IA	2017-04-10	Light	2 minutes
Milan, Missouri (United States)	2017-03-29	Unknown
Milan, Missouri (United States)	2017-03-19	Unknown	01:00:00
Adel, IA	2017-03-07	Light	1 second
Newton, IA	2017-02-21	Triangle	2 minutes
Des Moines, Iowa (United States)	2017-02-12	Fireball
Adel, IA	2017-02-09	Light	5 minutes
New Sharon, Iowa (United States)	2016-12-31	Unknown	01:00:00
West Des Moines, IA	2016-12-13	Light	3 seconds
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Jasper County, IA	2016-11-11	Flash	2 seconds
Creston, IA	2016-11-07	Sphere	1 minute
Osceola, IA	2016-11-06	Flash	15 minutes
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Centerville, IA	2016-09-08	Oval	5 minutes
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Colfax, Iowa (United States)	2016-07-04	N, A	Undisclosed
Centerville, Iowa (United States)	2016-07-04	N, A	00:10:00
Centerville, Iowa (United States)	2016-07-04	N, A	00:10:00
Undisclosed, Iowa (United States)	2016-06-10	Fireball	Undisclosed
Des Moines, IA	2016-06-04	Light	Few minutes
Batavia, IA	2016-05-05	Circle	30 minutes
Undisclosed, Iowa (United States)	2016-05-01	Other	Undisclosed
Waukee, IA	2016-01-28	Fireball	5 minutes
Undisclosed, Iowa (United States)	2016-01-19	Disc	Undisclosed
Windsor Heights, IA	2016-01-05	Chevron	150 seconds
Des Moines, IA	2016-01-04	Formation
Undisclosed, Iowa (United States)	2016-01-01	Cigar	Undisclosed
Des Moines, Iowa (United States)	2015-12-23	N, A	00:00:05
Undisclosed, Iowa (United States)	2015-12-10	Unknown	Undisclosed
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
Des Moines, Iowa (United States)	2015-09-27	Sphere	Undisclosed
Norwalk, Iowa (United States)	2015-09-05	Sphere	Undisclosed
Ankeny, Iowa (United States)	2015-08-24	Flash	Undisclosed
Altoona, Iowa (United States)	2015-08-21	Triangle	Undisclosed
Des Moines, Iowa (United States)	2015-08-15	Other	00:00:01
Des Moines, Iowa (United States)	2015-08-12	Oval	Undisclosed
Newton, IA	2015-08-06	Diamond	45 seconds
Centerville, IA	2015-08-04	Light	4-5 minutes
Des Moines, IA	2015-07-30	Disk	5 seconds
Centerville, IA	2015-07-20	Fireball	2 minutes
Corydon, Iowa (United States)	2015-07-19	Fireball	Undisclosed
Centerville, Iowa (United States)	2015-07-05	Other	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
Des Moines, Iowa (United States)	2015-03-21	Other	Undisclosed
Norwalk, Iowa (United States)	2015-02-02	Surfboard	5 minutes
Des Moines, Iowa (United States)	2015-01-31	Unknown	Undisclosed
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Oskaloosa, IA	2014-11-23	Unknown	25 seconds
Urbandale, IA	2014-11-08	Sphere	20 seconds
Des Moines, IA	2014-11-08	Unknown	3 minutes
Urbandale, IA	2014-11-04	Triangle	2 seconds