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Manchester, IA

Sighted on Monday 27. April 2015
Reported on
Shape: Cylinder | Duration: 1 minute
Source:

4 witnesses to what first appeared to be a star in the west sky. The bright light then started moving alarmingly fast in a west to east direction. As it went over head observed what appeared to be a cylindrical object with an extremely bright front light with 2 round orange lights on the bottom. We heard no sound.((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates a date in 2013. We suspect it was a sighting on 04/27/2015, and we have amended the date above. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. Hence, we cannot verify the date. PD))

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