Houston Airport Red-Orange Oval Object

“The reporting pilot said he, his co-pilot and a jump-seat pilot observed a bright red/reddish-orange light near final-approach airspace while taxiing. The object faded, reappeared closer, and twice released a smaller red light that fell before fading.”

“The investigator declined to pursue interviews with the other two pilots because of possible professional repercussions. The reporting pilot wanted runway identifiers retained in case radar data became available, but no radar result is presented in the excerpt.”

“The reporting pilot described the object as solid, oval or football-shaped with rounded ends, steady red-orange coloration, no normal navigation/strobe lights, and a thin whitish protrusion or antenna visible during the closer observation.”

“The witness estimated the second observation at roughly one mile distance and compared the object with a landing 737, suggesting it might have been about 100 feet in diameter. These were visual estimates rather than instrumented measurements.”