Appearance / Description of Object(s)

150 to 200 feet in diameter. Perfectly round looking at the bottom. Steel grey in color

Size of Object(s)

Relative size: 3 feet, Actual size: 150 to 200 feet.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

Approximately 100 feet above my head.

Description of Area / Surroundings

Urban area. The only special feature in Oklahoma City that I know of is Tinker Air force Base. It houses, still today, the specially equiped E3-As (converted 727 radar craft in the AWACs group) that protect our US borders from ICBM missile or any air attack.

Full Description & Details

I was 19 years old and living with my mother on Brookline Dr.in an apartment complex in Oklahoma City, OK. Brookline Dr runs parallel to May Ave and one block west of May Avenue. We lived in an apartment complex just across the street from a high-rise apartment complex by the name of Lakeview Towers apartments. I know Lakeview Towers apartments are still there because I have friends in OKC that I still communicate with. My finace' at the time, Cynde Brock, lived in Lakeview Towers with her girlfriend on the 10th floor. Lakeview is 15 stories tall. I was visiting Cynde in late afternoon. Cynde and I were standing outside on her patio looking over the horizon and Lake Hefner that was to our north-northwest. Because there was no sound, I do not know what made us look up, but we both did, and saw this huge round metallic looking craft moving very slowly above out heads, over the top of the apartment complex from directly behind us to in front of us. It stopped when it was in full view. That is, the bottom of it was in full view. It is difficult to guess the size because I did not know what it was or how far up it was. If it was an airplane, for example, I know about how large airplanes are and then judging from it's size could tell how far up it was. But, not knowing what the size was or how far up it was, the only thing I had to go on was it's clarity. ie: the clearer the detail, the closer, etc. I guessed it to be between 150 and 200 feet across and about 100 feet above us.

A soft white light began glowing in the very center of the bottom of the craft for just a few seconds. Then the white light seemed to explode into a design all over the bottom of the craft. The design was symmetrical. ie: the left half was identical to but mirrored the right half. After a few seconds the lights disappeared as if to morph into the center light once again. Again only the center light was glowing. It exploded again into another type of design, and it was also symmetrical. This happened about 5 times. Each time was a different design. I tried to remember the designs but could later only remember one that was very much like a tree with a trunk and a lot of bare branches. I know 'feelings' are not very scientific, but I had a very distinct feeling that these beings were putting on this light show for Cynde and/or myself.

The craft then took off to the north as if being shot from a gun. There was not a sound. When it got over Lake Hefner, approximately 7 miles away, it stopped as if it hit a concrete wall. The trip took 3 or 4 seconds. We could now see the side of it. It looked sort of cigar-like. What one would expect if looking at a 'typical' flying saucer from the side. It stayed there about 2 minutes then shot out again only this time to the south. It traveled from just above the far north horizon to just above the far south horizon in about 3-5 seconds. It stopped just above the far south horizon. By knowing the approximate distance it traveled and the time it took to travel that speed, I later calculated it's speed. It traveled a conservative distance of 14 miles in not more than 5 seconds or 10,080 miles per hour. In 1968, it definitely was not 'one of ours'. After about 2 minutes, it shot out again cross the sky toward the northern horizon once more. Only this time it did not stop but continued over the north horizon and out of sight.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

Not even a remote possibility. This technology is off the known scale today and this was 37 years ago.

Witness Background

Currently a self employed accountant. I have a bachelors degree in accounting. In the past I contracted with The Dallas Morning News for 13 years and before that was a self-employed private detective for 11 years.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I had been reading about UFOs for about a year before the sighting. That was why I had the presence of mind to count the seconds when it flew from one place to another and tried to remember the light designs on the bottom of the craft.

Other Comments

I have always found it curious that my interest in UFOs became insatiable while my fiance never speaks about it. The incident also opened my mind. Through my life, after the sighting, I have taken nothing at face value. I investigate everything myself and draw my own conclusions.

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