Oval over Fort Coffee, OK
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Oval craft observed along Arkansas River from east to west then zig zagged back toward Highway 9, before crossing Highway 9 and heading southwest toward Poteau and lost sight of it. Oval Craft had red light and made no sound and was low to ground about 3 times the height of electric lines. Source of report indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #136773). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-10-08 → 2017-10-25