NUFORC Sighting 10172

Occurred: 1999-10-05 21:00 Local
Reported: 1999-10-10 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 1-2 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Houston, TX, USA

Shape: Chevron
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Aircraft nearby

I saw an object chevron shaped in the evening sky, moving southwest. I live southwest of Bush Intercontinental airport and was watching two commercial jets departing, also in a southwesterly direction. I noticed that the planes had " bracketed " an object between them. The planes appeared to be at a greater altitude than this object and were moving at a greater speed. The object was opaque.....no lights were seen and no glow emanated from it. I could not judge the size but I assumed it to be large. As I reported.....it was chevron shaped and one " leg " seemed to be shorter than the other. It did nothing but just seemed to drift to the southwest. I am a Marine Corps Nam vet.......it wasn't an aircraft that I had ever seen. No sound was heard by me.....but with the jets roaring and all.

Posted 1999-10-19