"Giant sphere... was in the sky for over an hour" - 1978 UFO Witness Comes Forward

• When: September 15th, 1978 at 8:10 PM
• Where: Arlington
• What: "Giant sphere"

According to a recent MUFON report (case 119791), a retired aircraft and rocket inspector witnessed a UFO back in 1978. The encounter must have had a strong effect on them, because they are still thinking about it decades later:

"giant sphere"

In 1978 I was in veterans park, Arlington Texas with a girlfriend when we looked south in the night sky and saw the sphere it was pretty good size from guessing the distance and there was a astrology class from UTA there and they had a telescope with them but it could not get a good look because was only a few miles away and scope was use to look at stars. But with it you could see the surface of the sphere, only what i could say what it was, like seeing oil on water reflecting the sun all the different colors. it was in the sky over and hour. i had to take my date home, when we got to her house we try to call the Arlington airport but line was busy. never heard anything about for years. i have since retired from a defense com. i wish not to say. i know a little about aircraft and rockets since i was a inspector. i always wonder if anyone else came forward with the same story. i heard of a story about what it might have been but the person said he would deny that he ever told me the story. I really don't want say to much on that on here since i had a clearance at one time and could face trouble even though am retired. i did some googling about it but couldn't find anything on it. thanks for letting air it out .

It's not uncommon for people to see shiny, spherical UFOs. They are sometimes seen hovering and moving slowly, only to then speed away or disappear. Below is one of many examples:

When: April 17th, 2016 at 4:41 PM Where: Long Beach, California What: White sphere traveling in daytime s

Do you think this witness from 1978 saw a UFO orb, possibly piloted by aliens? If you believe aliens are visiting Texas, how long have they been here?

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