| 7 Aug 1869 - Ottumwa, Iowa, USA |
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7 August 1869 : Ottumwa, Iowa, USA 
Just before solar eclipse 8-10 objects seen moving across telescope view, crossing from one cusp to other of solar crescent in two seconds each. Explanation: Meteor.
Unidentified objects were sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation. Two objects were observed by four male witnesses, three of them an experienced observors, at an observatory (Zentmayer). Hynek rating: NL: Nocturnal Lights Vallee rating: FB1: A simple sighting of a UFO traveling in a straight line across the sky. Other sightings in this area Sources: - 66 - 125 - 222 - 305 |
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