Constable Lee Roy Gaitan saw the brilliant red orbs hovering in the sky and hollered for his family to come out.

It’s probably an airplane, said his wife, Wendy, who didn’t budge from the couch. Only 8-year-old Ryan went to the front yard.

That’s a UFO, the boy said.

Gaitan, who has spent 16 years patrolling the Texas scrubland, faced a bit of a dilemma. With an election coming up, he could tell the world of this incredible sight - and look like an idiot - or keep his mouth shut.

Gaitan woke up the next morning to learn that he wasn’t the only one who saw the strange red lights in the sky. Many Stephenville, TX residents saw them, too, including pilot Steve Allen. According to him, the lights were 3,000 miles overhead and looked like they were at the corners of something a mile long and a half mile wide.

Whatever it was, it was huge. Soon after, the media swarmed in, changing a town that called themselves The Cowboy Capital of the World to The UFO Capital of the World.

Source: Boston.com