Cylinder over Tonkawa, OK
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Monday August 19. Around 4:35 p.m. Saw a cylindrical object just east of Tonkawa, OK flying north to south. Object appeared to be like an aircraft fuselage but without wings or tail fin. As I observed the object move to the south I got a view down it as well, still showing no wings. The object was grey; a little reflectivity but not much. Altitude would be a guess but I’d say under 10k ft. Speeds appeared like an airliner would have. No contrail, no noise. Could have been a balloon but it would have been trucking it on a calm wind day. Winds were from the south as well.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #148405). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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