Fireball over Ardmore, OK
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Orange/Yellow flying ball
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2012-07-16 → 2012-08-02
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April 21, 2023 · 12:05 AM · CIRCLE
Ardmore, OK
I didn’t see this but heard it outside and found the community discussing it the next morning on Facebook. Many people in town saw the object and there is video of it posted on a community member’s Facebook page. This object sounded like a jet, it was loud and hovered in the area for 15-30 minutes. It’s round, hovered and moved around, sped up, slowed down, all over the western edge of Ardmore. There are two rings of light on the object, it spun on its side then disappeared from the view of Ardmorites. I’m estimating that over 30 people saw the object and many more heard it outside, but didn’t go to investigate as it appeared after midnight.
August 31, 2022 · 6:00 AM · CIRCLE
Ardmore, OK
I was on the front porch smoking a cigarette and saw it in the sky. At first I thought it was a helicopter coming to the hospital because I could see red and blue lights. Then I realized that it wasn't moving so I came in the house called my husband out to come look at it and grabbed my phone to record it. It was jerking around and then it poofed into another shape and color. Husband said it may be a drone but I don't think it was. I've never seen anything like it before and it was so high up. I don't know what it was.
November 28, 2020 · 5:14 PM · OTHER
Ardmore, OK
It was late afternoon in a forest and I dropped a pebble. When I looked up, I saw a tall black figure with no eyes looking at me. The figure was almost as tall as the house I was near. The creature looked at me for about five seconds while I was locked in place. The creature seemed to force me to stay, then it let me go. It did nothing at all, yet it was intimidating.
November 17, 2015 · 3:00 AM · SPHERE
Ardmore, OK
While I was working security in Oklahoma, watching a storm coming in around 3 am on 11/17/2015. I was facing west, when I noticed a bright red/white light, like an orb. At first I thought it was a radio tower light but I noticed it was moving. The bright light looked like a radio tower light you would see off in the distance while driving. The bright light was moving south half way above tree line and the clouds. The light then suddenly started going back north for a little distance the suddenly headed back south. It traveled a little more distance and stopped and hovered. All of a sudden the light dropped down towards the ground, at a pace a little slower than dropping a ball, disappearing behind the tree line. After a few second 10 to 20 seconds the light came straight back up at the same pace and place, it descended. It came to a rest and hovered at the same place it fell from. The bright light then started to move south again for a short distance until it sto! pped and hovered and fell again. After the same amount of time, approx. 10 to 20 seconds, it came back up to same spot, it stopped, and hovered. The bright light then moved to the south again where it did the same thing only this time it didn't come back up watched for 5 to 10 mins never seeing the light again. The bright red/white light was several miles off like looking at a radio tower hazard light at the top. It was dark and storming with mild to strong wind and rain so the light stood out very well. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he seemed to us to be quite sober-minded. We suspect that he is a very good witness. PD
October 10, 2014 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Ardmore, OK
I was siting in my bedroom with my friend. She asked me "Is this an airplane?", I looked through my window, that faces North and saw a light in the sky that I thought was an airplane. The light was zipping around in way that is impossible for a known aircraft, such as a helicopter or airplane. The light kept moving back and forth, we could see that it would hover closer to the ground and then shoot back up higher in the sky. The light stayed hovering until I fell asleep which was 45 minutes later. Source of report indicates that the date is approximate. PD
July 22, 2012 · 4:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Ardmore, OK
My husband and I went outside at 4am last night to look at this strange star my husband told me he saw the other night. The star wasn't