The UFO Clearinghouse

Case Number: 20164

Log Number: US-10282009-0004

Submitted Date: 2009-10-28 09:02

Event Date: 2009-10-28 07:10

Status: Assigned

City: Gatesville

Region: Texas

Country: US

Longitude: -97.7097

Latitude: 31.4272

Shape: Flash

Location: Town

Terrain: Woods

Visibility: Clear

Weather: None

I'm on my back porch very often in the mornings and have been at this location for 4 years. Normal air traffic consist of low flying helicopters from Fort Hood and an occasional plane on landing pattern for airport at Killeen, TX. The air space around my area is restricted because of the Fort Hood military base and George Bush's ranch down the road so normally only military craft are in the location where I saw this event. The sun was coming up but it was still dark enough to see a few stars, expesially the Bright star in the East. Something extremely bright was traveling from North West of me toward the South East at a strange pace. Due to the brightness and speed of the object, it made it hard for me to determine what type of craft it was. I never heard any sounds that one would normally hear when air traffic is around. I knew it was out of the ordinary at first but when it completely disappeared, I knew something was different. After about one minute of watching this object, it vanished. I searched the sky for another few minutes in the direction it was heading without successfully locating it again.