
06/21/2025
ON THIS DAY IN 1953. June 18, 1953. 2:30 a.m. Hilda Walker, her husband Lloyd, and 14-year-old Judy Myers are sitting on the porch of a house on Third Street in Houston, Texas, when they notice the entire front yard falling into a shadow. A shadowy thing settles in a nearby tree, and they look up to see a winged “batman” balancing on a tree limb. It is about 6.5 feet tall, wearing a dark cape and skin-tight dark pants, and quarter-length boots. Fifteen minutes later, the figure melts away. They hear a swooshing noise across the street and see a rocket-shaped object moving upward and trailing smoke, and then they see a “flying paintbrush” with a fiery tail flying along the northeastern horizon.