Unknown over Broken Arrow, OK
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I saw airplanes moving but this aircraft was sitting still for around 10 minutes.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #174821). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-02-26 → 2023-03-15
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June 29, 2022 · 3:35 AM · CIRCLE
Broken Arrow, OK
I came outside to look at the stars like I normally do late at night and as I looked down, I noticed an object out of the corner of my eye. It was brighter than any of the stars out (roughly as bright as Venus to the naked eye) and a long way away. It was roughly half way up the sky from the skyline to looking straight upward and I was looking at it facing East/ESE At times it would move very slowly upward into the sky and others it would bounce rapidly back and forth in distances that shouldn’t be possible. I took a cell phone video of the occurrence (although it is not very good due to the distance), with my hands mounted against a car as to know that it is not my eyes moving. The movement seen in the video is not my hands moving. I watched it for over an hour until I finally went inside and went to sleep. I looked at the object through binoculars and it seemed to have a beam of light coming from it, although the binoculars aren’t of the greatest quality so there is doubt on my end of that. The object only got brighter one time and it was before it bounced quickly left and right. Other than that, it was uniform aside from flying in different directions constantly. It trailed down, up, left, and right seemingly randomly.
April 16, 2020 · 10:40 PM · CIRCLE
Broken Arrow, OK
Traveling on the creek turnpike headed north from the entrance at 193rd and aprox. 111th. Two police cars had 193rd under the over pass blocked, this caused me to take the turnpike. As I was headed north I slowed to 65mph I noticed a bright white light circular in shape to the west thinking it was Sirus, then realized it was to low and to bright. Sirus has a twinkle or could like like blinking this did not, and changed to orange, it then seemed to get bigger, as I was looking out my drivers window. Seemed it would have been over Lynn Lane area to the west, I then thought perhaps a helicopter as we get military fly overs on this route on their way to Claremore there is a base off 169, no way was it a helicopter after continuing to watch, it seemed to be keeping pace with me I speed up or slow down in maintained the same point out of my window, then I realized I was passing it and it was to my south west, I had to turn my head to see it, a pick up truck past m! e and the light passed me as if to pace the truck, then it just took off to the north west and blinked out light just turned off. I kept watching as I got closer to my exit on 31st, it re-appeared still at that distance then went out again. I exited which loops you around facing west, still watching I didnt see it anymore, then I turned looked out my passenger window to the north and there it was again this time it would have been over HWY 412 near Catoosa. I came to a stop sign looked one more time and it was gone. No idea what it was, no clouds, no other lights or stars to be seen, aircraft not flying because of the Covid-19 pandemic, I am baffled by this. I am a small business owner in Broken Arrow.
March 31, 2020 · 9:41 PM · FORMATION
Broken Arrow, OK
I was taking night pictures with my S20 Ultra and was trying to get the moon and Venus in the shot and went back to look at the pictures and noticed lights that weren't in one picture but were in others and then took another picture a few minutes later and the lights were clearly a v formation that were moving. In one picture they were a v formation and the a cluster of six near Venus and in two others they were blurry but still barely present. I have the pictures for proof.
December 2, 2019 · 8:09 PM · LIGHT
Broken Arrow, OK
I was out walking the dog. He to look up and a long ways away to the NE of Broken arrow was a VERY bright shiny light. I thought it was a bright star. As I looked at it for about 5 seconds it accelerated at a speed I have never seen before. As it moved it did not have a tail of light or anything. It just disappeared out of the atmosphere.
December 29, 2017 · 11:00 PM · FIREBALL
Broken Arrow, OK
December 29, 2017 at approximately 11 PM I had just returned from my office in Tulsa to my home in broken arrow While unloading my SUV I looked up in the air and I saw what at first I thought was a low cruising airplane - then I realized it was on fire so it couldn't be an airplane it was making no noise it was just cruising across the night sky. I wouldn't say it was floating, I would call it cruising… But it did seem to pause for a while over my driveway area… Was a bit intimidating and I got behind my SUV to observe it. I pulled out my camera and took a couple of pictures as it headed south and finally disappeared. I turned back to the north horizon and there was another object identical to the first- coming up over the house tops across the street. It acted in very much the same manner… A fireball making no noise -- it's seem to have a propulsion to it… Really like it was cruising. It also headed south and finally disappeared.
December 9, 2017 · 9:30 PM · FORMATION
Broken Arrow, OK
Two bright lights in the sky that would flash simultaneously. Other planes were in the area that seemed to be chasing them. The lights would fade out of view once a plane got close, then would come back when the plane was far enough away. Me and my fiance saw this. Source of report indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD