NUFORC UFO Sighting 161377
Occurred: 2020-12-06 16:45 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2020-12-30 13:14 Pacific
Duration: 10 min
No of observers: 1

Location: Indianola, MS, USA

Shape: Cigar
Characteristics: Missing Time

It was about 445pm I was driving in the country and about 1 half mile away was 2 1500 foot tall radio towers and I noticed a small pinkish color cloud about 75 foot over the top of one tower it started to fade away and I saw the ufo pulling out of the cloud it slowly turned and took off out of site

Posted 2021-01-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 159372
Occurred: 2020-09-15 20:35 Local
Reported: 2020-09-16 01:51 Pacific
Duration: 3 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Indianola, IA, USA

Shape: Flash
Characteristics: Lights on object

I was walking my dogs!at night and we were up on a hill—for a moment there seemed to be a shooting star flashing across the tree line. However, the light was green, seemed to be flying at a planned projectory, and it was too close and too bright to the trees to be a meteorite. It could have been in a V shape, it was too quick to tell. I wondered if it could be a drone, but there was really no one awake in the neighborhood to be flying a drone, and it was too fast.

Posted 2020-11-05

NUFORC UFO Sighting 153772
Occurred: 2020-03-01 11:00 Local
Reported: 2020-03-02 17:29 Pacific
Duration: 4 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Indianola, IA, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Emitted beams, Aircraft nearby

Two orange glowing triangular planes started flying towards my house. Flew very low and slow. Could only hear a soft purr of an engine. Had tree lights on each corner and one in the middle.

Posted 2020-04-09

NUFORC UFO Sighting 145878
Occurred: 2019-01-21 04:15 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2019-04-26 18:19 Pacific
Duration: 5 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Indianola, IA, USA

Shape: Flash
Characteristics: Lights on object, Left a trail, Landed

Bright flashing light zooming toward earth.

While driving North on R63 towards Des Moines, both passengers saw a flash of a bright light on the horizon. At first it looked like an airplane, with white and red blinking lights, but then it seemed to shoot like a falling star and terminate in a burst of bright light. We saw this in the dark NE horizon, in the rural countryside before Fleur Drive.

We tried to explain it away by saying it was a falling star exploding in the earth's atmosphere, but both witnesses agreed that it was strange that the "star" seemed to hover for a moment like an airplane or aircraft, and then shoot with impossible speed to the ground.

One of the witnesses did not believe in UFOs before this event. Now they shrug and say "maybe."






NUFORC Note:

Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD


Posted 2019-05-09

NUFORC UFO Sighting 69213
Occurred: 2009-03-14 23:30 Local
Reported: 2009-03-15 16:34 Pacific
Duration: 1or more hrs
No of observers: 3

Location: Indianola, IA, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Changed Colo

triangular flat shaped object,with lights blinking spantaneously blinking,turning sideways only and returning back same position.

Traingular shaped flat objectshaky,turningupright at times and rotating back to level flat position but upon movement could see web like streams of white light from center of it forming cirle of lights but covering the triangular shape, bottom area flashing red lights sporatic and spontaneously blinking continuously!hoovering in the same spot this object but other smaller or farther away similar same objects appeared to be just flashing as could not see but only the weblike streams of white lights only and somewhat blurring according to my BONOCULAR. Just looking without bonoculars flashing lights and slight jiggery movement and high in the sky above the large tree like appearance of a star and the others appeared to be on the surface just stars, some blinking or may have all been blinking but could not see those that were far away clearly what they were doing but most of them blinking. After an hour went by the one I observed larger (and assuming closer to me) disappeared when I went back to look again but off to the right and farther away not moving but fixed, the colorful blinking one appeared again. Higher to the right now are two vivid thru the bonoculars facing each other were upright flat facing each other and close to each other blinking those had no colorful lights that I could see? So I moved bonoculars to other starlike figures and ones I could see closer were ALL WEB LIKE WHITE STREAMS OF LIGHT AND FLAT but were blurrier. I've seen this before in the skies ONLY AT NIGHT off my patio. Assumed or wanted to ignore it's presence..denying it being a UFO in my mind then, but now I'm seeing more clearly these objects at least last night. My opinion; could be a satelite as one policeman on the scene bet his badge, the other didn't know like me. I will get a police report. Need to share with others to keep myself from thinking im the only one believing this is an "unidentified flying object"..years ago in the 80's I saw a UFO in Martensdale,Ia.

I had witnesses but they denied any existence..so I felt lost knowing what to do next.




NUFORC Note:

Possible sighting of Sirius?? PD


Posted 2009-03-19

NUFORC UFO Sighting 21468
Occurred: 2002-01-17 22:00 Local
Reported: 2002-01-17 20:19 Pacific
Duration: 5 seconds


Location: Indianola, IA, USA

Shape: Light


i was sitting on my porch appx 950pm cst when i saw an object in the western sky zip past in the sky with no noise it was white in color and only appeared for a few seconds then was gone if it had any shape i say it was the shape of an arrow head no blinking lights & no noise could it have been a satelite?

Posted 2002-01-29

NUFORC UFO Sighting 17528
Occurred: 2001-05-04 21:10 Local
Reported: 2001-05-05 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 10 secounds
No of observers: 2

Location: Indianola, MS, USA

Shape: Sphere
Characteristics: Left a trail

Green fireball seen heading east.

While attending a little league baseball game, I noticed to the east a green glowing fireball that left a trail behind it. The object was heading east away from my position. It was commented on by several in attendance of the game. It was about 1/4 the size of a full moon. But this is only a guess as it seemed to be far away, which may explain it seemingly slow movement .



NUFORC Note:

Source is anonymous. PD


Posted 2001-08-05

NUFORC UFO Sighting 6366
Occurred: 1999-04-24 14:04 Local
Reported: 1999-04-19 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 04/19/99
No of observers: 1

Location: Indianola, WA, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

Three bright white lights evenly spaced with a additional flashing red light to the immediate left of the center bright white light. It was traveling over the Indianola area (Miller Bay), toward Saquamish and Bainbridge Island, south-west at 21:19-21:28. There was also a bright white/green white strobe with every third blink of the red light. Quiet and huge in width, height unknown, speed hard to estimate not knowing the height or actual size. It did travel at a constant speed.

Looking out my window in a south-west direction a very large object with lights caught my attention passing over our budding alder tree. I jumped up looked out my window and spotted 3 steady bright white lights lined up in a straight line and evenly spaced to my upper left still moving in a south-west direction overhead. I looked at my watch and it read 9:19pm. The center steady white light had a blinking red light near it and an additional whitish or slightly greenish strobe. The whitish light flashed with every third or so red flash. The red light flashed once every other second or so. I grabbed our W.W.II tank binoculars mounted on a tripod and checked it out. It was really wide, a lot wider and larger than any plane I have ever seen here, I could not establish what the objects shape was, I could only see the line of lights. I ran out onto the balcony and did not hear engines, then I ran back into living room and watching with the binoculars as it disappeared into a long white wispy cloud. There were very few clouds in the south-west sky. I looked at my watch and now it read 9:23pm. I called my wife in San Diego and told her what I saw, while keeping my eyes on the cloud. I thought it had gone, when all of a sudden it reemerged on the far side of the cloud (the south-west side) and made a left turn. I again looked at my watch and now it read 09:28. I followed it with the binoculars until it faded after what seemed to be 3-4 minutes. I forgot to look at my watch this time because I ran into the den, grabbed a compass and ran back into the living room. I established the course heading at approximately 200-210 degrees on the south-west leg from 9:19-9:23pm. When it came out of the cloud at 09:28pm and changed its course to the left, I approximated the left turn to be about 60 degrees. That is a really rough guess. I approximated using existing land marks, my compass, estimated time and the objects diminishing relative size. I am still not sure just how high it was but it was big. There were small plane passing between me and the cloud the object disappeared into and they were really dwarfed in comparison to the width of the line of lights, probably about a 15:1 ratio.

Posted 1999-04-26

NUFORC UFO Sighting 50487
Occurred: 1998-06-30 02:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2006-05-09 09:34 Pacific
Duration: 1-2 MINUTES
No of observers: 1

Location: Indianola, IA, USA

Shape: Diamond
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object

Orange-Copper Glowing Diamonds...

I was driving along Route R63 Hiway about 2:00 a.m in the summer of 1998. I'm not sure of the exact date...

I was coming up over a hill and noticed a "orange-colored" object that was moving accross the horizon west to east. As I approached the object, it moved closer and closer to the road. At first, I disregarded the object as a helicopter, but when I got close enought to see it, I realized that it was not.

The object appeared to be two 3-Demensional Diamonds that were attached side by side. The object was small, no bigger than a refrigerator, and it glowed a strange orange-copper like color.

The object stopped about 100-200 feet from the road and it floated about 50 feet in the air. When it stopped next to the road, it did not move at all nor did it make any noise. I was tempted to stop for a better look, but quite frankly, I was too frightened to do so. In fact, I pushed my car to its limits to get away from it; the object did not follow.




NUFORC Note:

Date is approximate. Witness indicates June 31, but we have corrected that above. PD


Posted 2006-05-15

NUFORC UFO Sighting 50488
Occurred: 1992-04-30 02:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2006-05-09 10:34 Pacific
Duration: 5 Minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Indianola, IA, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Lights on object, Electrical or magnetic effects

Strange Vibrations...

When I was young; about 13; I'm not sure what the exact date was.

I was awoken in the middle of the night unable to move. I was completely paralyzed and lost conciousness soon after. I had a dream in which I remember my skull being "cracked" open. I didn't actually see anything, but I remember the sensation much like people remember sensations during surgery.

I awoke in my bed, I was unharmed, but for some unknown reason, I was terrified. I heard a strange noise outside that sounded like a loud "hum" and a steady vibration that rattled every fibre of my body. The noise circled around my house several times at an incredibly fast rate, at least one revolution every few seconds. I could not see an object and I was too afraid to look out a window, but I did see some strange lights glowing through the window. I had never heard this sound before, but for some reason, it terrified me.

The sound had to have come from a machine of great power and the "hum" was similar to that your hear at a power relay staion only amplified thousands of times. I recognized the sound, but had no memory of it. I only knew that I didn't like it...

I attempted to wake my family up, but to my astonishment, the would not wake up as if they were sedated somehow. Eventually, the object left the area. I was almost convinced it was a dream, but I forced myself to stay awake till morning and I turned on the television to establish my sanity.

Incidentally, as soon as the object left, I was able to wake my family, but they had no memory of the indcident and dismissed my experience as a vivid dream.

The experience was the most terrifying thing I have witnessed in my life and I have suffered from post-tramatic stress syndrome since then.

I am not the first person in my family that has had a close encounter with a UFO. My grandmother woke in the middle of the night to observe a diamond shaped object that had a blinding glow. The next day, her eyes swelled shut and the doctor that examined her indicated that her retinas were burned. The ammount of damage to her eyes was consistent to light several times that of the sun; they had no explanation, but she recovered. The object also burned a trail the the yard just outside the window.

My father also experienced a close encounter with a UFO when he was young. Since he grew up with no electricity and no automobiles in the middle of ND, the closest he could describe the objects he saw were, "fire-wagons". He has little memory of the incident.

There is a history of Schizophrenia in the Family, but my Grandmother, my Father, and I have not been diagnosed with the condition. I have never experienced any other vivid hallucinations in my life...

I am convinced that what happened was completely real…




NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that the date of the event is approximate. PD


Posted 2006-05-15