The Mount Pleasant Egg-Shaped UFO

On June 3, 1920, Clark Linch was fishing on his father’s farm near Mount Pleasant, Iowa, when he witnessed one of the earliest documented UFO landings in American history. Around 10 AM, a bizarre egg-shaped object appeared from the sky and descended silently, landing approximately 15 feet from where he stood. The encounter, which lasted about 15 minutes, was documented in the July 7, 1920 edition of the Iowa City Press-Citizen.

The Encounter

The Setting

That morning:

• Date: June 3, 1920
• Time: Approximately 10 AM
• Location: Linch family farm
• Activity: Clark was fishing
• Weather: Clear enough for observation

The Object Appears

What Linch witnessed:

• Egg-shaped object descended from sky
• Completely silent approach
• Landed approximately 15 feet away
• No visible propulsion
• Controlled descent

The Object

Physical Description

Linch described:

• Egg-shaped form
• “Transparent blue” coloration
• Unusual optical properties
• Would be nearly invisible at altitude
• Solid, structured craft

Behavior

The object’s actions:

• Landed gently
• Remained stationary
• No occupants emerged
• Stayed for approximately 15 minutes
• Rose silently and departed

Departure

When it left:

• Rose into the air silently
• No sound or disturbance
• Disappeared from view
• Color would make it invisible at height
• Left no trace of propulsion

Physical Evidence

Landing Site

Linch examined the area:

• Pressed grass found
• Clear impression on ground
• No scorch marks
• No burn damage
• Physical trace remained

Significance

The evidence suggests:

• Object had physical mass
• Made contact with ground
• Left measurable impression
• Did not use heat-based propulsion
• Real, tangible object

Documentation

Newspaper Account

The sighting was reported:

• Iowa City Press-Citizen
• July 7, 1920 edition
• Contemporary documentation
• Written within weeks of event
• Preserved in archives

Credibility

Why this case matters:

• Documented at the time
• Newspaper verification
• Physical evidence noted
• Single witness but detailed
• Pre-”flying saucer” era

Historical Context

1920 Iowa

The setting:

• Rural farming community
• No aviation nearby
• Witness familiar with environment
• Nothing matching description existed
• Pre-modern UFO awareness

Technology of the Era

What didn’t exist:

• Transparent blue aircraft
• Silent hovering craft
• Egg-shaped vehicles
• Any matching technology
• No balloons of this description

The Transparent Blue

Unusual Detail

The color is significant:

• Not metallic silver (common later)
• Transparent quality
• Nearly invisible at altitude
• Suggests advanced materials
• Unique for 1920 reports

Camouflage?

Linch’s observation:

• Object would be nearly invisible higher up
• Color matched sky
• Deliberate design?
• Stealth capability suggested
• Ahead of any known technology

Analysis

What It Wasn’t

The object could not have been:

• Contemporary aircraft (wrong shape, silent)
• Balloon (wrong behavior, transparent)
• Weather phenomenon (too structured)
• Natural object (controlled movement)

What It Might Have Been

Possibilities include:

• Genuine unknown craft
• Early UAP encounter
• Technology beyond the era
• Something unexplained

The Question

On a quiet morning in 1920, a farmer’s son went fishing.

What he caught was a mystery.

An egg-shaped object. Transparent blue. Silent as thought. It descended from the sky and landed 15 feet from where Clark Linch stood on his father’s property.

He watched it for fifteen minutes.

It just sat there. No door opened. No beings emerged. Just… waiting.

Then it rose, silent as it had come, and disappeared into the Iowa sky.

When Linch examined the landing spot, the grass was pressed flat. Something had been there. Something with weight. Something real.

The Iowa City Press-Citizen published the account a month later. A contemporary record. A 1920 newspaper documenting a 1920 mystery.

This was decades before “flying saucers.” Before Roswell. Before the Air Force had a name for what Linch saw.

But he saw something.

An egg of transparent blue, nearly invisible against the sky - except when it descended to land.

What was it doing on that Iowa farm?

We don’t know.

Why did it stay for fifteen minutes?

We don’t know.

Where did it go?

We don’t know.

But the grass was pressed. The newspaper published the story. And Clark Linch spent fifteen minutes watching something impossible.

The Mount Pleasant Egg-Shaped UFO.

A 1920 mystery.

Still unsolved.

Still unexplained.

Still waiting for an answer.