SIGHTING: CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA (UNITED STATES)

Witness Testimony

"On 27 July at approx. 2230. I had gone oitside to have a smoke. As I was standing in my driveway I saw something out of the corner of my eye, I glanced towards in (westerly) and noted a bright gold colored something. Light or glow was very steady with no noted flickering or pulsing lights. The object traveled from the west to the se at a steady velocity. It did appear to move up and down slightly. As it moved out of sight behind the trees, I noticed a group of about 5-6 of the same types of lights. All headed in the same direction. As I saw these I ran inside to get my camera. As I turned on the camera, it recorded about three seconds of me tracking to find it then camera went dead. After objects went out of sight camera began working again. In total I watched these light for about 10 minutes. About 2-3 minutes after I lost sight of them behind the tress I could hear a helicopter in the distance, but there is a hospital in the area with a heli pad. When I first noticed the first object there were some fire works being set off but these fireworks were north of me, the objects were south of me. No sound was noted during the incident whatsoever, even the neighborhood dogs were silent. "