Council Bluffs, 1977: Molten Metal After a Reported Falling Light
On the evening of December 17, 1977, at approximately 7:45 p.m., two residents of Council Bluffs, Iowa, observed a red luminous airborne object fall to earth near a dike at Big Lake Park on the…
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A red luminous object descended silently over Council Bluffs Iowa flatlands.
December 17, 1977, two witnesses watched a red blinking craft drop toward Big Lake Park.
Eleven witnesses confirmed the glowing molten mass boiling down the levee embankment.
A bright white-orange flash erupted — molten metal boiled down the levee edges.
Iowa State University identified carbon steel — cast, reheated to 1,000 degrees, origin unknown.
No aircraft, no meteor, no explanation — only iron remained on the Iowa dike.