UFO. United States

A newspaper reported that a strange phenomenon had occurred in Osceola Township, Iowa, one evening the evening the week before. A young man “well known in the community” was crossing the fields when his attention was attracted by a light moving along the road some way ahead. It was “much larger than a lantern,” and it came nearer: “When the light reached a point in the road nearly opposite him it stopped and came directly toward him with great velocity, until it was within a few feet of him when it stopped. The observer describes it as about the size of a half bushel and of intense brightness. It then rose in the air a distance of several rods and then began to descend where the gentleman stood. He says that he is not usually easily frightened, but he could not account for the strange sight and he retraced his steps to the house he had just left.” The light followed him up to his neighbor’s house, where the witness told of what he had seen. Two men there offered to accompany him home. They started out but the light had apparently disappeared. Then, suddenly, “it again made its appearance and was distinctly seen by all three.” This time it did not approach as closely as before, but would disappear and reappear in an entirely different direction and at a distance from where it was last seen. The article finishes with the statement that the light was also seen by others in the neighborhood, none of whom could explain the strange occurrence.