The recent sighting of a fireball over Houston skies had locals frightened out of their wits. While experts in space and the solar system say the Texas fireball was a meteor, UFO conspiracy theorists are skeptic, and claim the slow-moving object was not a space rock but a visit from aliens and extraterrestrial life.

Houston-area residents were going about their lazy day for the holiday weekend, but on Sunday evening, the daytime sky lit up even brighter, citing a USA Today video news report on the unidentified flying object. Locals observed what looked like a comet or fireball. However, this particular object, according to some who’ve seen similar objects in the nighttime sky, moved too slow, almost as if it were gliding instead of streaking.

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