Quick question? 1-25-11

[dlhp]

Yesterday afternoon I was on a plane coming from Dallas to Houston and as we approached Houston we entered a storm and heavy clouds. As I looked out the window I saw, what looked like the top of a radio tower with 3 spires pointing up sticking out of the clouds. It was not moving and very close to the airplane, maybe 200 - 300 meters tops. So I though "wow we are really close to the ground in thick fog", then we went through another break in the clouds and I saw the ground around 20,000 feet below. I'm not aware of any radio towers that tall or big. It was quite large with the base and 3 spires.

Not saying I saw a UFO, just curious if this sounds familiar.

dlhp

[Jane]

Hi, not an area that's familiar to me, sorry. Just did a quick bit of googling and the tallest structure in Houston is JP Morgan Chase Tower, Houston- Which is just over 1002'. You've probably researched this already, just thought I'd put it on here for those of us who hadn't.
No spires on it, from what I could see. Shame you couldn't get a pic.

[Miss Deetective]

Hi dlhp....welcome a board!!
Interesting sighting. Can you remember any more details....colors, size, lights, markings???? How long did you see it??? Did anyone else see it???

[Skeptical]

I'm having a hard time envisioning what you saw. Can you draw a picture and post it?

S

[Wilhelm]

Fata Morgana

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fata_Morgana_%28mirage%29

Fata Morgana can be observed from any altitude within the Earth's atmosphere, from sea level up to mountain tops, and even including the view from airplanes.[3][4]

This was actually mentioned in the French "GEPAN - SEPRA Report";

As is well known, atmospheric ducting is the explanation for certain optical mirages, and in particular the arctic illusion called "fata morgana" where distant ocean or surface ice, which is essentially flat, appears to the viewer in the form of vertical columns and spires, or "castles in the air."

(italics mine)

Only problem is, this usually happens over polar regions, not Texas. I'm no expert on weather systems, so maybe someone else reading that can figure out what the conditions were like in Texas the other day.

[Elara]

thats a plausible one, and texas aside--it appeared above the clouds, which reflect light like ice/snow at the poles and sands in the desert

[Martin]

Hello to DLHP and Elara! I must have missed you two joining. I'm not sure what you saw? Did anyone else on the plane notice it?

[dlhp]

I'm not sure how to add pictures but if you explain I'll draw one and add it. I will describe it. It was big, probably the sized of a small house (800 - 1200 sq ft) base with 3 long spires sticking out the top (sorta like the San Francisco Stuco tower). The spires where about the length of an interstate light pole with other things hanging off of it. It was dark grey like a titanium wedding ring color. I saw from the time it came to view in the front of the window then I leaned forward and watched it until we went into new cloud bank. It wasn't moving so it was like flying by a building 15 - 20 seconds. A few people looked concerned/confused on the plane and I should have stopped and asked the pilot but in all honesty I was a little bit worried about asking around. Nothing personal but I never thought I would see something in the air or be on a ufo web page asking abut it. I can assure you it was not an illusion or reflection, it was solid as a rock and not obscured. It was just like staring at a building as you fly by. There were no flashing lights or anything like that. I did try and take a picture but my phone didn't boot in time.

[Jurgen]

Chris Holly had an article about ufos which looked like buildings last week or so... It's around here somewhere.
This is from Merc's news

I think she would like to hear from you DL.

[Jurgen]

To add a picture you need to draw one on pc or scan it. Once you have the picture saved, you can upload it to www.imageshack.us. You can simply copy the picture from there and paste it here using the same keys you use to copy and paste text.

Jur.