UFO seen in Vernon Texas in 1963

Summary

A driver in Vernon, Texas, reported in 1963 witnessing a bright object falling from the sky. He described a brilliant white light, five or six times larger than Jupiter, that broke up near the horizon into a shower of red embers. The Air Force classified it as a meteor, though the witness didn't rule out a rocket. There were no satellite decay records for that date, supporting the natural phenomenon theory. The description includes details like red color and vertical trajectory, similar to a meteor.