FAA looks into what pilot saw over Liberty

The FBI, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Liberty County Sheriffs Department met Tuesday to compare notes on an unidentified flying object reported late last week by an ExpressJet pilot.

The pilot reported a "missile or rocket" flying near his airplane Friday at 8:09 p.m., shortly after takeoff from Bush Intercontinental Airport, according to sheriff's officials.

"The FAA then contacted the Liberty County department dispatcher and reported their pilot reported an object flying straight at his aircraft and passed 100 feet under it,

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