Erratic direction, light(s) faded and reappeared in Iowa.
As I stepped outside my house for a few minutes, I looked up at stars above. Towards the west maybe around a 40 degree angle above the horizion, I saw at first what appeared as a star. Then I noticed it moving back and forth (the lights would get brighter and dimmer) and side to side. I knew it wasn't a star, and it could not be an aircraft because the side to side movement was fast enough not to match any aircraft speeds. As I continued to watch, an airplane off in the distance kinda near it went by, which it then fadded so that i could no longer see it. Then it reappeared after the airplane past by it. It continued to move back and forth, and side to side, and I lost track of the lights as it went closer down to the horizon where the trees obstructed my vision. The erratic movement and the fading of a single light, (possible more than one light) also the duration of 30 minutes of which I observed, is what lead me to truely beleive that it was an UFO. At times there was a little haze around the object, but because it was a distance from me, I couldn't always see it, but when it came the closest to me, I thought I may have seen more lights, possible blue and green.
((NUFORC Note: The witness was looking in that area of sky where Jupiter can be found at that time of night on the date in question. PD))
As I stepped outside my house for a few minutes, I looked up at stars above. Towards the west maybe around a 40 degree angle above the horizion, I saw at first what appeared as a star. Then I noticed it moving back and forth (the lights would get brighter and dimmer) and side to side. I knew it wasn't a star, and it could not be an aircraft because the side to side movement was fast enough not to match any aircraft speeds. As I continued to watch, an airplane off in the distance kinda near it went by, which it then fadded so that i could no longer see it. Then it reappeared after the airplane past by it. It continued to move back and forth, and side to side, and I lost track of the lights as it went closer down to the horizon where the trees obstructed my vision. The erratic movement and the fading of a single light, (possible more than one light) also the duration of 30 minutes of which I observed, is what lead me to truely beleive that it was an UFO. At times there was a little haze around the object, but because it was a distance from me, I couldn't always see it, but when it came the closest to me, I thought I may have seen more lights, possible blue and green.
((NUFORC Note: The witness was looking in that area of sky where Jupiter can be found at that time of night on the date in question. PD))
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Reinbeck
USA
about 30 minutes
about 30 minutes
42.31
-92.60
unknown
IA
Occurred : 8/12/2004 23:30 (Entered as : 08/12/2004 23:30) Reported: 8/12/2004 10:20:22 PM 22:20 Posted: 8/24/2004 Location: Reinbeck, IA Shape: Unknown Duration: about 30 minutes Characteristics: There were lights on the object, There was an aura or haze around the object, The object changed color
Erratic direction, light(s) faded and reappeared in Iowa. ((Jupiter??))