I read the “famous” account to which you referred, only it was a different year than your claim.
There were a lot of odd things going on around Houston back then. Actually there are a lot of odd things that go on in the sky all the time but people never notice them. I used to follow some website that tells you when things like the space shuttle or space station will be visible over your area. I always found it fun to be somewhere on a sunny day while a bright light streaks across the sky and all the people around me were oblivious to it.