Light over Mountain View, OK
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was driving home and saw a reddish-orange cluster of light in the clouds out towards the countryside around 7 miles west of Mountain View, Oklahoma. This was a medium sized light almost cylindrical in shape where the brightest concentration of red was. This light did not move anywhere and was clearly staying still in position within the cloud line. After about 50 seconds the light concentration began to fade out and disappear completely while never moving.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #128373). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-07-06 → 2016-07-23
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