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When Captain Beatherd made radio contact with Beaumont Approach Control, he and the controller had the following conversation: B: (for Beatherd): "Okay and do you have some kind of fast maneuvering airplane flying over Orange this morning? A couple of them? They are real shiny. B: Look out over the bay and just southeast of you some 6000 feet. Something real bright and shiny. It looks like it hovers for awhile, then maneuvers real fast. It gets real, real bright, then it gets dull. It C (after a long pause): I don't have any aircraft in sight. I have low cumulus (clouds) between the airport and the high bridge. Possibly the target or aircraft could be behind the cumulus where I couldn't see it. B: It is just south of Orange. You probably can't see it. It is just as bright as a diamond. Looks like it hovers for awhile, then it maneuvers for about 5-6,000 feet, just within a second or two. C: (after another long pause): We are picking up two targets. One is south of Orange in the station here. It's not part of the ground clutter and it doesn't appear to be any weather. B: That is, roger, we got it sighted. It is not weather. It is almost hovering and it is the brightest thing we have ever seen. It is very maneuverable. We saw it once up about 5,500 and it disappeared and about a minute later we saw it at least 10,000 ... After Flight 110 landed at Jefferson County Airport, Captain Beatherd reported that the UFOs were too bright to distinguish their shape. They had no discernible features, except they did not appear to be aircraft. No sound was heard from them and no vapor trail or exhaust were seen. No unusual astronomical or meteorological conditions were reported in the area at time of the sighting, nor were any other kinds of unusual conditions reported. The sighting is classed as unknown - by reliable observers. and Port Arthur. C: (for "controller"): Runway 11R2, winds calm, indicating northeast, over. C: Ihave none reported in the vicinity of Orange. doesn't look like an aircraft. C: Roger, I will take a look and see what I can see. B: Just look down there toward the high bridge and up about 6000. C: Tell you what. I'll see if I can see it and if I do, I'll tell you. I'll let you know. B: You got radar down there? I'll see if I can pick up something (on his own radar).