[meteorite-list] Floating Fireball Over Texas Caught On Video

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:45 2004
Message-ID: <200201120025.QAA06577_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/010702_news_ufo.html

UFO sighting?
Mystery object caught on tape

A Pearland resident with a video camera caught the
mysterious object on tape.

By Don Nelson
ABC 13 Eyewitness News (Houston, Texas)

(1/7/02) - Some Pearland residents are still
scratching their heads after spotting a strange
object in the sky on Sunday. But was it a UFO?

There is a mystery unfolding in Pearland. But it may
be a while before this one involving a "fire in the
sky" is solved.
  
Rocky Flint captured images Sunday afternoon with
his video recorder in Pearland. It appears to be a
burning object in the sky. His wife, Cynthia, says
it was hard to miss.

Cynthia Flint/Pearland Resident: "It resembled a floating fireball."

The fiery ball appears to remain stationary for several minutes before
moving downward and then disappearing. Flint says she had no idea what
she was witnessing.

Cynthia Flint/Pearland Resident: "There's nothing to describe what it
was. It's so unique and so different. I've never in my whole life seen
anything like it."

Eyewitness News made calls to both airports and neither one could shed
any light on the mystery. The Brazoria county sheriff's department also
received some calls, but they couldn't find anything. Flint's husband
has his own theory.

Cynthia Flint/Pearland Resident: "He couldn't believe what he was
seeing. He said that it looked like a UFO."

We made another call to NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense
Command. They also failed to provide answers.

Rocky Flint/On amateur video: "It's still here, baby. And they see us."

Before Sunday, Mrs. Flint didn't believe in UFO's.

Cynthia Flint/Pearland Resident: "I'm not a big believer of them. But I
can't describe what I saw up there, either."

Several other phone calls from viewers who also saw some type of "fire
in the sky" came into the newsroom on Sunday. But right now, we still
aren't exactly sure what it was. Stay tuned...
Received on Fri 11 Jan 2002 07:25:39 PM PST