Light over San Leon, TX
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Came outside about 2:00AM and noticed a bright orange ball of "light" shining in the sky. It appeared to move up and down and side to side. It also dimmed once almost to nothing. There were no clouds or anything passing by it. It moved and hovered like a drone, but I'm not sure if a drone can hover for that long. It was still there when we went back in after watching it for about 20 minutes or so.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #163589). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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