UFO sighted of Cypress?

A Cypress, TX, witness reports a white or silver "thin object" hovering 1,000 feet over US 290 that quickly disappeared from view on April 5, 2011, according to April 9, 2011, testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

This is the second cigar-shaped report from Texas in a two-day period. We recently covered a similar shape UFO in the story: Illuminated cigar UFO reported over Texas - a sighting that occurred one day later, on April 6, 2011. In the first case, the witness was able to provide an image of the object, although no town name was mentioned in the public portion of the MUFON report.

"It seemed to be moving to moving parallel to the highway, and as I turned left onto Spring Cypress Road," the witness stated. "The object stopped, then hovered over the freeway, sort of in the upper horizon behind it."

The witness lost sight of the object while driving under the freeway.

"It was gone and nowhere to be found."

Cypress is an unincorporated area in Harris County, located inside the city of Houston, along US 290.The area ranks 50th in the top 100-income areas in the U.S. No images or videos were included with the MUFON report

Cypress ISD looking for new superintendent

Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Texas' third-largest school system, could name its new superintendent as early as May 23.

Dozens of community members met with consultants leading the search Thursday to detail the qualities they'd like to see in the next leader of the 106,000-student northwest Harris County district.

Some said they want a career educator with success in an increasingly diverse and fast-growing district.

"This district wants, needs and deserves someone who has that proven track record," said Mike Moses, former Texas education commissioner and former Dallas ISD superintendent.

Moses and attorney David Thompson's firm, School Executive Consulting, are leading the search for Cy-Fair's next superintendent.
The new leader will be faced with the daunting task of balancing the district's budget in the face of state funding cuts while keeping pace with exploding enrollment, Thompson said.

School Executive Consulting is the same group that plucked current Cy-Fair Superintendent David Anthony from a Dallas-area district in 2004.
After seven years on the job, Anthony announced earlier this year that he will leave the district in June to become chief executive officer of Raise Your Hand Texas, an education nonprofit.

Thompson and Moses have conducted about 40 superintendent searches in the past decade. Cy-Fair hired the firm for about $22,000 — one-fifth of what the Houston ISD paid a different consulting firm in 2009 to hire Terry Grier from San Diego.
According to a tentative timeline, applications for the post are due April 21. The firm is expecting 25 or 30 candidates.

Five to seven applicants will be interviewed the first week of May, and two or three finalists could be interviewed the second week of May.
"This is not etched in stone," Moses said.

READ THE REST OF THE STORY AT THE CHRON