The man from Mission, Texas, doesn't want to be identified but did say he was alerted to the object by his dogs in the middle of the night.
The man said the dogs woke him up by barking and he saw the light when he went outside to investigate.
The man said he literally could not believe his eyes and that he saw bright lights, unlike any he had ever seen before. He added that the lights danced around the sky and changed color and shape.
While the man didn't want to speculate on the object's origin, some of his friends who viewed the tape believe he may have been in the company of aliens.
"I've seen UFOs in the past but not as bad as this one. I'm very surprised. And once again it makes me wonder, 'Are we really alone?'" said Jose Nieto, friend of the UFO spotter.
The man said there were 15 lights in the sky that he could see but only focused his lens on the one that appeared to be changing shapes.
A spokesperson for the Mission Police Department said no one else reported a suspicious flying object.
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