Other over Oklahoma City, OR
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
On Thursday 26 October 2016, at 1910, sighting occurred in Oklahoma City around NW 50th & Portland Avenue. Three of us were on our way to a family function, when we were getting in the vehicle 1 of us looked straight up into the sky & witnessed a BRIGHT orange flare like object. The object moved in a straight line traveling north, I observed the object through binoculars. Another took several photographs. From the time I observed this object, straight overhead, until we could no longer see it was about 3 minutes. At the time this occurred there were no stars visible. We immediately contacted a local tv station & newspaper. The next day we contacted NORAD & the local astronomy club. Common opinion amongst my little group is that it was a satellite reflecting the sun. Although, no satellites were listed to be visible at that time.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #132001). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-10-23 → 2016-11-09