Sphere over Dickinson (headed toward Galveston), TX
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Was around 10:30pm. I looked up to see a red glowing orb, about the size of an airplane. There was a green blinking light that looked to be on top of the craft. The craft at one point swayed left to right several times in a way that I was sure this was no plane. It was traveling around three times the normal speed of a plane. After passing us, the crafts lights turned to a white steady light as it moved out of site heading south toward Galveston, Texas.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #133627). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-04-12 → 2017-04-29