Christopher DeBord

Oklahoma MUFON Member

It was in mid-August 2014 in Lone Grove, Oklahoma. If you’re a location person, 15 minutes from Ardmore. I live in the middle of the country and it’s usually quiet and peaceful at night. I’m a night owl, so usually when I’m up late, I usually play video games or I’m reading a book.

On that night I was playing video games. It was around 3 a.m. and I wanted to go get a soda from the outside fridge. We had a pool and I was staring up into the sky enjoying the peaceful night. When I looked above the pool, it looked like the stars were really low. I wasn’t really too interested and I looked away. Right when I looked away, I saw bright lights.

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As soon as the lights came on, my heart dropped to my stomach. At the time I was 16 years old, and as a teenager, I teared up a bit not thinking what would happen to me. All of the sudden, the lights flew up in the air and zoomed north.

I ran inside not bothering to wake my parents thinking they would make fun of me. Instead, I called my best friend panicking. When I told him what happened, he was speechless. I was worried he was thinking I was fibbing, but in reality he was just shocked and didn’t know what to say. I walked back outside thinking the flying object was back. But instead of seeing lights, the sky was dark and clear.

From that point on, I knew this would be a lifelong interest, and joined MUFON shortly after.