Cigar over Oklahoma City, OK
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
As stated above, I saw the elongated object moving from 2 to 4 o’clock. It was not visible without looking through NVG’s. It had no lights. When comparing it to the planes in the airspace around it, it was very large. Bigger than 3 777’s. When it got to the 4 o’clock position it faded away quickly. The skies were clear.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #173513). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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