Photo Courtesy of Dr. Leroy Chiao. “That’s what it made me think of. I wonder, ‘Gosh, I wonder if this is the same thing.’” The mystery that followed the astronaut’s near-miss ...

Former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao had a baffling — and seemingly terrifying — encounter when he was flying his private four-seat airplane in 2023. At an altitude of 9,000 feet over Houston, Texas, the ...

Astronaut Leroy Chiao, who flew in three Space Shuttle flights and was the commander on the Expedition 10, discussed the aerial encounter with two unidentified flying objects in an interview with ...

Leroy Chiao at the world premiere of "The Astronaut Farmer." (photo credit: s_bukley. Via Shutterstock) Former NASA astronaut Dr. Leroy Chiao reported a close encounter with unidentified flying ...

Astronaut Leroy Chiao was flying his private plane back from Colorado after refuelling in Texas when he was nearly taken out by two orb-shaped objects last August. Chiao has admitted that he has ...

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Unexplained 'metallic orbs' once buzzed past a former NASA astronaut's plane as he was flying at around 9,000 feet, he said. American Leroy Chiao, who was the 196th NASA astronaut to fly in space ...

A former NASA astronaut has come forward to reveal that he personally witnessed 'two metallic spherical orbs' whizz by his plane this August while flying above Texas. Leroy Chiao, who served as ...

The former NASA astronaut who nearly collided with a pair ... “They came right at me,” Dr. Leroy Chiao, who was the commander of Expedition 10, said of the “perfectly smooth” spheres ...