Jun 6th, 2009 - Houston Chronicle
LIBERTY, Texas — Investigators say a flying object that narrowly missed a Continental Express plane last month may have been a large model rocket.
The jet's pilot and co-pilot spotted the rocket and a long white vapor trail shortly after they took off from Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport on May 29. The plane was bound for Greenville, S.C.
Pilots potted the object at roughly 16,000 feet. It was about 5 feet to 7 feet long.
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Jun 6th, 2009 - Houston Chronicle
Investigators believe the object that narrowly missed a Continental Express jet a week ago was a civilian-made rocket - described as a white cylinder about 5 to 7 feet long with triangular fins on its tail - rather than a military missile.
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Jun 2nd, 2009 - Houston Chronicle
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.
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