Sphere over SAND SPRINGS, OK
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Came from the North/West heading East, and saw a large orb of light. Looked orangey red, was NOT blinking like planes do, had no sound. Had a vapor trail following it which I thought was very odd, especially this time of night. It seemed to be moving in semicircle the farther East it went, like it was getting closer to the ground the farther East it went. Looked to be just a bit closer than a plane would normally be from the ground when it came from the North/West.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #175990). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-05-27 → 2023-06-13