Meteor-like Object Speeding Upward - Multiple Witnesses in Houston

• When: Southwest Houston
• Where: February 9th, 2015
• What: Object that hovers and speeds upward

A Houston resident was lucky enough to spot a UFO and kindly and anonymously shared their encounter with Texas UFO Sightings. While stopped at a red light, they saw a slow-moving object that then sped up as fast as a meteor, however it was moving upward:

While I sat at the light of Westpark and W. Beltway 8, facing south, I noticed a bright light at my 10 O'clock. It appeared to be moving very slowly or be still, then it moved upward, with increasing speed, with a streak of light behind it. I've never seen anything move that fast, ever, not even on television footage of supposed UFO's. This was ridiculously fast. The whole sighting only lasted about 5 to 7-seconds. The speed increased so much so quickly, then it disappeared.

If you check the weather reports for this morning in houston, you'll find that there was dense fog. This thing was so bright, it was hard not to notice it. My initial thought was a falling star, but it was going up. Then I thought it was a plane, but it was moving too fast and upward. The people behind me at the light must have seen it too, because they didn't honk after the light turned green.

I'm not sure how long that thing was in the sky before I noticed it. After it vanished, I noticed a bright star/planet/or some other light near the area where it vanished. Of course, the light was probably already there, and I was too distracted by the flying object to notice it. I tried to get video but I didn't want to turn away to pull my phone out of my pocket.

What could this UFO have been? It seems to fast to be a drone. And planes and jets don't hover. But perhaps the UFO was never totally still, but just moving in a straight line from a faraway distance.

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