Ex-NASA astronaut encounters mysterious flying orbs 9,000 ft. in air (over Texas)

NewsNation ^ | Ashley Soriano

[RoosterRedux]

Two months before the recent wave of unexplained drones in New Jersey and other parts of the Northeast, a former NASA astronaut encountered mysterious metallic orbs while flying a private plane, he revealed in an interview with NewsNation’s The Hill.

Leroy Chiao, who was a commander on the International Space Station, had a near-collision with unidentified flying objects in the panhandle of Texas in August as he was flying from Colorado in a small airplane.

“I was about 9,000 feet (in the air), and suddenly, out of nowhere, these two big metallic spherical orbs, one on top of the other about three feet in diameter, each went zipping by the left side of my airplane right underneath about 20 feet away,” Chiao said.

The unmanned aircraft was not on the Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control radar, Chiao said.

“I got a good look at them only for a second, and it happened so quick, there wasn’t even a chance to get scared, but it could have been a bad result if they had actually hit me,” he said.

The former astronaut has flown several state space missions before, three of which lasted six months on the ISS. He said it’s “hard to believe” the government doesn’t know what’s going on with the drones that have been flying in New Jersey near U.S. military facilities.

[montag813]

More ridiculous distractions

[RoosterRedux]

Ufo ping.

[RoosterRedux]

It’s metallic swamp gas or a flying squirrel.

[drwoof]

Agreed. The real attack is right under our nose, each and every day.

[Magnum44]

Mylar weather balloon. These so called ‘astronauts’ and experts are an embarrassment,

[RoosterRedux]

Absolutely. They should clear their stories with Freepers before they go public and embarrass themselves.

Stupid astronauts and pilots.;-)

[cgbg]

The Air Force protocol on this stuff is very clear....

Close your eyes and hope it goes away!

[jerod]

Ever since that female astronaut drove from Texas to Florida to kill her lover wearing a pair of ‘depends’ to avoid bathroom breaks... My opinion of astronauts and their accounts of UFO’s has become somewhat diminished .

[Thomas Jerome]

That just goes to show just how potent today’s marajuana has become.

[mo]

Get back to me with a good, clearcut, non-AI created or “enhanced images”...otherwise its all FUD...

[Ken522]

..these two big metallic spherical orbs, one on top of the other about three feet in diameter, each went zipping by the left side of my airplane right underneath about 20 feet away,”

Did the pilot experience any air turbulence as a result of this encounter? Was he even surprised if there was no turbulence? Questions..

[FreeReign]

More ridiculous distractions

That's something the federal government says too, Mayorkas and Kirby for example. So you are in full agreement with them.

[cgbg]

Don’t forget—if the pilot crashes into one of these things it is “pilot error”.

Lol.

[BradyLS]

I haven’t felt this gas-lit since the Days of the ‘Rona.

[RoosterRedux]

It's interesting that Leroy Chiao has a PhD in chemical engineering and used to work at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, where he did research on aerospace composites.

He wouldn't know the difference between a weather balloon and a flying squirrel.

[RoosterRedux]

Get back to me with a good, clearcut, non-AI created or “enhanced images”

Yes, sir. Sorry to have wasted your valuable time.

[conserv8]

Used to get wasted on landrace
It’s homogeneous generics now

[Hot Tabasco]

I have no reason not to believe him. Sounds like they're the same type of unidentifieds recorded at Skin Walker Ranch....

[dragnet2]

The experts on Free Republic will tell you naval fighter pilots and commanders of spacecraft don’t know what the hell they’re talking about.