Sept. 21, 2025
UFO Ejects Metal Over Iowa
On a cold December evening in 1977, Council Bluffs, Iowa was shaken by reports of a glowing red object crashing to earth in Big Lake Park. Witnesses—including local civilians, fire department, and police—claimed something fell from the sky, leaving behind molten metal glowing several inches thick over an area of six by four feet.
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Start your free seven-day trial and unlock this episode plus hundreds more, all ad-free, when you become a Mysterian on Patreon. UFO Ejects Metal Over Iowa by Charles Lear.
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Tales of UFOs ejecting hot metal go back to the days when flying saucers were just becoming an American national obsession.
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In fact, the first flying saucer witness, Kenneth Arnold, encountered such a tale when he looked into the Maury Island incident for Fate magazine and became the first privately funded flying saucer investigator.
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In this week's blog, we'll take a look at an incident that was reported 30 years later in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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According to an article by Jason Offutt for the Eastern Jackson County, Missouri Daily Examiner, published online on February 9th, 2011, Mike Moore was driving through Big Lake Park with his wife at 7.45 p.m.
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on Saturday, December 17th, 1977, when they saw this big ball of red stuff in the sky.
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Moore- Unlock this episode right now by clicking on the link for your free seven-day trial in the show notes or by visiting MysteriousRadio.com.
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Start your free seven-day trial and unlock this episode plus hundreds more, all ad-free, when you become a Mysterian on Patreon. UFO Ejects Metal Over Iowa by Charles Lear.
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00:00:16.659 --> 00:00:24.039
Tales of UFOs ejecting hot metal go back to the days when flying saucers were just becoming an American national obsession.
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00:00:24.479 --> 00:00:37.239
In fact, the first flying saucer witness, Kenneth Arnold, encountered such a tale when he looked into the Maury Island incident for Fate magazine and became the first privately funded flying saucer investigator.
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00:00:37.700 --> 00:00:43.239
In this week's blog, we'll take a look at an incident that was reported 30 years later in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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00:00:43.739 --> 00:00:57.479
According to an article by Jason Offutt for the Eastern Jackson County, Missouri Daily Examiner, published online on February 9th, 2011, Mike Moore was driving through Big Lake Park with his wife at 7.45 p.m.
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on Saturday, December 17th, 1977, when they saw this big ball of red stuff in the sky.
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00:01:04.919 --> 00:01:16.099
Moore- Unlock this episode right now by clicking on the link for your free seven-day trial in the show notes or by visiting MysteriousRadio.com.
