Mysterious Object Seen Over East Texas

[Minstrel Boy]

Mysterious Object Seen Over East Texas

17.1.05

Last night, we got calls into the newsroom from viewers saying they saw something that looked like a comet shooting though the sky. It turns out they weren't just seeing things. We were able to catch it on video.

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For a final word, we showed the video to Chuck Schrecongost. He's the tower manager at Tyler Pounds Regional Airport.

"That's nothing like a jet liner would do with the contrails and so forth, with the light reflecting off of it," he said. Chuck said it's not a meteor either. "It's my 45th year of air traffic control, 'Have you ever seen anything like that?,' No."

There were no military planes scheduled to fly over East Texas last night. We also checked with groups that keep up with meteorites and space debris. They weren't aware of any of those either.

http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2820655&nav=1TjDVIZ9

[notadmblnd]

1. could it be the mother ship

coming for the BFEE?

[Renew Deal]

18. Oh shit.

Somebody needs to clean up all these conspiracy theories.

[dbt]

21. Go right ahead.

[Renew Deal]

22. It's a joke.

[aden_nak]

2. "The mysterious object took the form of an intelligent former governor."

[candy]

3. Now if it was West Texas I'd ignore it---just hot air from Crawford!

[WhiteTara]

10. actually Crawford isn't in West Texas eom

[candy]

13. Sorry---I thought it was-

better improve my map reading skills.

[M155Y_A1CH]

4. The sky is falling!!!

...said Chicken Little.

Hurricanes, earthquakes, Tsunamis

NOW THIS!!!

What more proof do you people need!!! LOL

[mhr]

5. I Have Actually Met Chuck - He Is A Seasoned Air Traffic Controller

eom

[Algorem]

36. salt and pepper hair and Old Spice?

[VegasWolf]

6. Yes, but why would an advanced race be in Texas?? n/t

[zbdent]

8. Bad directions, or a good sense of humor

[WhiteTara]

12. they're sending rays

to try and improve the intelligence of the dimwit in the area.

[sarcasmo]

7. Aliens are coming to bring down Chimpy.

Wouldn't it be great to see some Aliens show up on Chimpies White House front lawn. The Christian right would start committing suicide, they hate Alien talk.

[fertilizeonarbusto]

9. God bless them!

Do they need any help?

[Megahurtz]

16. Hopefully

Lol!!!

[illflem]

20. for breeding stock of a new slave race

that doesn't even know it's enslaved

[egoprofit]

30. that was dubya's morals and common sense flying away

.. out of his brain and into the great unknown.

[Minstrel Boy]

33. At last, the pig farm begins to come into focus

[DrWeird]

11. The simplest explanation is that it's an alien craft from another planet.

Obviously.

[Minstrel Boy]

17. For what it's worth, I don't think it is.

But I guess we should keep our heads down. Wouldn't want to feel silly for wondering what's up there.

When the sheep look up, you never know what they'll see.

[Minstrel Boy]

14. FYI, found this video of mysterious lights last week over

the Dutch city of Helmond:

http://www.ufoplaza.nl/~ganzegal/vid/waarneming-1-1-05-short.WMV

[soup]

23. That was, um - just weird. n/t

[Liberty Belle]

15. A meteor, perhaps?

[Ian David]

19. Object Mystifying to Texans Spotted over East Texas

That would be a more appropriate headline.

And since when does the military reveal when planes are "scheduled to fly" anywhere?

[eek]

25. reminds me of the Flight 800 pictures

Remember flight 800 to Paris that blew up over Eastern Long island, NY?

All the eyewitnesses told of and several photos/videos showed a similar object headed for the plane just before it blew up.

[Ian David]

26. I know! I know! I know what it is!

It's George W. Bush in a fighter plane trying to make-up his missing Air National Guard time so he doesn't go to jail for desertion.

[Ian David]

24. Nice selective quoting from the article:

"It could be several things," he said. "I've seen rockets making these kinds of maneuvers, but if it's just something up there burning up in space, than that could be it. Otherwise, I have no idea."

He said the speed of the object leads him to believe it's not an aircraft. After seeing the video, retired Air Force pilot Bill Halbert, has a different thought.

"My first impression is that that would be a contrail," Halbert said. "As it goes by us, then it gets out of the range of the sun reflecting back to us and it's reflecting back to the left, I believe that's what that is."

A contrail or a stream of condensation left by jet air crafts is typical at certain altitudes. Randy Ball has been flying commercial airplanes for the last 15 years, he also flys jets in air shows. He likes the contrail theory, but just isn't sure.

"It could be a cold spot in the air. You've had some pretty dramatic drops in temperature over the last few days. I've also seen some space debris come through like that," he said. "Very interesting video, interesting video."

[Minstrel Boy]

28. why, thank you.

They're short paragraphs, we're limited to four, and I wanted to get in the words of the air traffic controller with 45 years experience.

So shoot me. Hopefully, with a phaser set on stun.

[smirkymonkey]

27. Rapture time!

[BiggJawn]

29. It's the Blessed Virgin, come to annoint Dumbya....

But she got on the wrong flight...Or else her angel-chariot was diverted from Dulles International...

[AuntiBush]

31. There's nothing worse than...

a woman's scorn! Imagine how mad she (God) must be, looking for the ranch.

Naw. But, checkout this flash video made by the MIT:
Fishbowl Survival: 12/19/2004 - 12/25/2004
Sorry about that: The colloge kid changed to an actual website - it's now here: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/endofworld.html

Hysterical!

[GarySeven]

32. I, for one, welcome our new alien overlords ...

And offer them my latest book, "To Serve Man."


Keep watching the skies.

[AuntiBush]

34. Maybe that village is still looking for it's idiot!

Someone should tell them he's in DC.

[TrogL]

35. That's a meteor

Saw a similar one years ago.

[Squeegee]

42. I believe it's a contrail

... illuminated by the setting sun.

[KamaAina]

37. It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... a chimp?

on final approach to Crawford.

Can't go in there at ground level, y'know. Might see some o' them there horses he's afraid of.

[Algorem]

38. Mexican WMD tests?Let's get 'em(and their oil)!

[FlaGranny]

39. To me, it looks like either

a meteorite or space debris burning up. At one point the trail separates and the tail end dissipates, like something broke into two separate pieces.

[Barrett808]

40. I'd suggest it's too slow to be a meteor -- looks like space debris to me

It appears to fragment at one point, like debris often does.

Although that weird curvature at the very beginning of the footage seems a bit odd.

[JitterbugPerfume]

41. Bar-----

get your ass down offa that flagpole

you're scarin' people