NUFORC Sighting 25412

Occurred: 2000-09-10 14:45 Local
Reported: 2002-10-05 07:05 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Great Sand Dunes National Monument, CO, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

A friend and I were hiking at the Great Sand Dunes near Alamosa, Colorado. There had been quite a bit of air traffic, but one jet flew over that was quite low. In fact, it was much lower than I thought it should have been, and it looked huge as flew directly overhead. As I watched it fly over, shielding my eyes from the sun, farther up in the sky was a dull grey CIRCLE flying from the E/NE toward the W/SW. Although it's impossible to judge altitude with certainty, it appeared to be about 40,000 feet up, a bit larger than a jet, and crossing the sky at about the same apparent speed as a jet at cruising altitude. I found the object through my binoculars at it passed through the zenith, and it was perfectly round -- i.e., no fuselage, no wings. Obviously I couldn't tell if it was a flat disk or a ball shape because of the altitude. Both the friend and I witnessed this unconventional craft flying over, but I'm sure we would have missed it had it not been for the low-flying jet that passed overhead and made us look up.

NUFORC Note:

We express our gratitude to this MUFON member for submitting the report. PD

Posted 2002-10-15