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May 27, 2008

Continental Pilot “Startled” — By a Rocket? Or What??

Filed under: Travel Safety, Pilots, Continental — Rick Seaney @ 10:09 am

An unsettling report from the Houston Chronicle this morning; it seems a Continental pilot said he saw a rocket shoot past his cockpit Monday — or, what he thought was a rocket — and others saw its “trail of smoke”.

This was about 8 miles north of Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport; the plane was heading to Cleveland (and indeed got to Cleveland, without incident or injury).

An FAA spokesman said, they don’t know for sure what the thing was, but have suggested it could be a hobbyist’s model rocket (yes, those things can and do reach incredible altitudes).

Meantime, the FBI is investigating; I’ll let you know if I hear more.

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