Dozens in Texas town report seeing UFO

Large silent object with bright lights was flying low and fast

By Angela K. Brown
Jan 15, msnbc

STEPHENVILLE, Texas - In this farming community where nightfall usually brings clear, starry skies, residents are abuzz over reported sightings of what many believe is a UFO.

Several dozen people — including a pilot, county constable and business owners — insist they have seen a large silent object with bright lights flying low and fast. Some reported seeing fighter jets chasing it.

"People wonder what in the world it is because this is the Bible Belt, and everyone is afraid it's the end of times," said Steve Allen, a freight company owner and pilot who said the object he saw last week was a mile long and half a mile wide. "It was positively, absolutely nothing from these parts."

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photo: Standing near the area where he saw a large silent object in the sky, Ricky Sorrells talks about the sighting on Monday, Jan. 14 (photo by Donna Mcwilliam / AP)