The following was published by the Houston Chronicle. It is archived here for reference and research:<\/p>\n
Twitter is humming about a YouTube video and some photos that may or may not show UFOs over Houston.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The images were shot Aug. 11 during a rain storm with dramatic thunder and lightning, and they have been reposted and cited many times. The video was shot from a moving car, and the photos may be screenshots from the video.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n On Friday, Twitter posts with some version of the phrase, “Mass UFO Sighting Over Houston Texas Lights Up Social Media” were still common.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n They ranged in tone from the straightforward to philosophical to tongue-in-cheek: “its my birthday and there have been ufo sightings all over houston. coincidence? i think not.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Another commenter said, “UFO over Houston? Just NASA.” That prompted this reply: “NASA has successfully built a flying saucer.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n A local expert on UFO sightings said this one could be easily explained.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Fletcher Gray, the volunteer chief investigator for the Texas chapter of the Mutual UFO Network, known as MUFON, said the mysterious circle of lights was a reflection of highway lights since the video was shot through a car window.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n “It’s no more than light trapped in the side window,” said Gray, noting that he was curious about the source of the photos.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The following was published by the Houston Chronicle. It is archived here for reference and research: Twitter is humming about a YouTube video and some photos that may or may not show UFOs over Houston. The images were shot Aug. 11 during a rain storm with dramatic thunder and lightning, and they have been reposted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2012,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,2,60],"tags":[263,303,129,229,504],"class_list":{"0":"post-2010","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nighttime-sightings","8":"category-ufos","9":"category-w-video-nighttime-sightings","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-lights","12":"tag-night","13":"tag-ring","14":"tag-sky","15":"post_format-post-format-video"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n