Fireball over Highlands, TX
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Ball of light like a roman candle
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 1975-08-13 → 1975-08-30
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August 26, 2023 · 9:38 PM · SPHERE
Highlands, TX
This was my second UFO experience. My first was years ago but I was in middle school so I don’t know if it was really a UFO. While we were in our pool talking during my daughters birth day, my sister in law pointed at a light flying across at the speed of a plane and asked me if it was a shooting star or a plane. It was foggy but I couldn’t tell if there were clouds into he sky due to it being dark. I jokingly said it was a UFO and that it would disappear. Her, her friends daughter, and I just stared at it. It literally disappears 3 seconds after saying that. We were freaking out and thought maybe it just hid behind clouds, until it got bright again and her friend’s daughter and I saw it SEPARATE!!!! My sister in law wasn’t able to catch it, but her friend’s daughter and I SWEAR IT SEPARATED INTO 5 ORBS THAT ONLY LASTED HALF A SECOND.
November 16, 2006 · 11:00 PM · CIRCLE
Highlands, TX
the object was more fast than an air plane. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. Possible hoax. PD))