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Texas - 06-10-10
Main Army installation in Central Texas. Restricted Airspace.
Date: 10 June 2010 Early daylight sighting
Approx time: 7:45 - 8:00am
Personal background: Veteran, Navy Sonar Supervisor. Perform services as Simulation Tech Aviation since separation. Army installation Central Texas.
As a side note, I am surrounded by aviation and easily recognizable aircraft both day and night.
On the morning of 10 June, I walked out of the building I work in to get some air and reflect on the early morning chaotic activity.
The only area that has doors and windows is the front area of this building. It has almost a southwest footprint when exiting the main entrance.
After I walked through and beyond the entrance from the building, I panned the surrounding area both ground and sky. As I turned and looked to NE (more easterly), I noticed a very bright, star-looking light.
I found that odd because it seemed intensely bright. At first I thought it was an usually clear, bright, morning star?
The building I work in has lighting rods around its outer perimeter. As I watched this bright light (myself remaining stationary), it had movement across the sky using a rod as a reference point.
The sky was mostly clear. Some wispy, broken cloud masses were visible. It had an appearance as a fixed wing aircraft on an approach pattern at night. It was very bright as it approached.
As I watched this aircraft / object travel from approx. northeast to southwest direction, it became clear to me that this wasn't the usual aircraft seen around here.
I asked one of the personnel in the building to come out and look. I pointed out the object to this person, but because he is near-sighted and was not wearing his glasses, he couldn't make out the details I was talking about.
At this point is was about at an apex to our location.
This person cannot or will not corroborate this event.
This object remained on a straight and steady path for the duration.
Estimated size: C130 aircraft (fuselage only)
Estimated altitude given visual conditions: 1500 - 4000 ft. agl
Estimated speed: 300 - 500 kts
Appearance: cylinder, silver, no wings, no tail rudder, no propulsion sound, no rotor, and no propeller visible.
Mid-length it had what appeared to be windows or some type of black banding.
Conclusion by this witness: Based on that fact that this can be a high traffic area, I speculate that nobody else in the immediate area would expect to see or question what I witnessed/saw, unless I ran running around like a chicken with my head cut off.
After all my years of hearing about these kind of things (UFOs), I am really stumped.
(Editor's Note: I live in the very heart of Central Texas, and not far from Ft. Hood Army Base. More than likely, this is the base the witness is referring to, although I cannot be 100% certain. This being a MUFON report, I have no access to the witness.
I see C130s fly over my house quite often, and believe me, those can be spotted easily, and are extremely loud. As a matter of fact, it is quite easy to spot the numerous planes and helicopters flying from the base. What this witness saw is definitely something out of the ordinary.)
Source: mufon.com
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