Falling Skies: KXAS Wonders, Bug or UFO?

MediaBistro has picked up on KXAS-Channel 5's video taken from one of its traffic cams earlier in the week, in which an illuminated something-or-nother can be seen falling from the sky before taking a sharp turn to the right. The NBC owned-and-operated says UFO investigators (?) have been asked "to...

By Robert Wilonsky

July 29, 2011

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MediaBistro has picked up on KXAS-Channel 5's video taken from one of its traffic cams earlier in the week, in which an illuminated something-or-nother can be seen falling from the sky before taking a sharp turn to the right. The NBC owned-and-operated says UFO investigators (?) have been asked "to review the video and offer an opinion on the nature -- or unnatural source -- of the light." In related news: Cowboys & Aliens was also disappointing.

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