Pilots leaving Houston spot strange object

Pilots leaving Houston spot strange object

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HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A strange object was spotted Friday night by pilots of a plane that just had just taken off from Bush Intercontinental Airport. And now, federal investigators are trying to pinpoint what the flying object was.

Eyewitnesses say the object, possibly a rocket, came close to hitting the plane. The Continental Express plane, operated by Express Jet, was flying from Houston to South Carolina last night when it happened.

The plane had just left Bush Airport around 8:20pm Friday when the captain reported seeing the object about 150 feet away. According to the FAA, the incident

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A rocket? A UFO? It was larger than fireworks, but anything at 11,000 feet is not a toy.........This has some similarity to the comments about the "rocket" that was seen over Long Island when TWA 800 went down.

Bush Intercontinental is one of those scary airports where access to the AOA (Air Operations Area) is not well protected....

Anyone else read about this?

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was it a rpg or a large model rocket