Rectangle over Arcadia, OK
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
When turning our horses out into the pasture at approximately 9:45 pm, my wife and I looked up and saw a large craft, approximately 300 feet long and 2500 feet high, moving slowly from SSW to NNE. It made a very low none engine sound. Did not sound like a jet. The craft was moving extremely slowly, with 3 white lights in front in a triangle formation, and 4 white lights in the rear in a perfect square, the space between the front and rear lights was black with no stars visible. Had one red light flashing in the bottom center of the 4 white lights in the rear of the craft. Also observed flashes of light in the area until craft was no longer visible overhead.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #142607). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-07-10 → 2018-07-27