Circle over Houston, TX
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At 4:30am this morning, Oct 2, 2016, in Houston, TX, all cable signal was lost in the house which has never happened. Soon after cable signal was lost, so was all the power on the block (walked outside). After walking outside to inspect outage, in a clear sky we spotted an aqua green, translucent object moving slowly from a round to oval shape (looked, compared to a jellyfish without tentacles and size as to holding a quarter at arm's width away from face), traveling at un-constant rate of speed and direction, without making a sound. We watched for 30-45 seconds then made a hard left and shot quickly out of sight. Minutes after witnessing this and discussing with others that saw it, seemed to be military helicopter moving at a high rate of speed in the same direction as the strange light. After object was out of sight all power and signal returned to normal. From being in shock we didn’t get any pictures or footage. There were four others than me that witnessed this sighting. Interested in finding out if anyone in the area seen the same or anything comparable to what we saw.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #130416). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-09-29 → 2016-10-16
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