CaseSphere2000

Houston, TX, USA

While taking-off in a 737, I saw an object that looked like a large chrome ball-bearing sitting above a cloud bed.

Report quality: Moderate47/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 3s (an atypical range)
  • Moderate witness text (114 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2000-03-16
Where
Houston, TX, USA
Shape
Sphere
Duration
3 SECONDS
Geo
29.763, -95.363 · exact
Slug
sphere-over-houston-tx-2000-3089c3
Local cluster

Local cluster

This sighting is part of a small burst — 4 Houston, TX reports filed in March 2000.

In context

  • Houston, TX shows up 410 times across the archive.
  • 149 reports came from Texas in 2000.
  • In the 2000s, 5.9% of reports described a sphere — the all-time rate is 6.5%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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