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Occurred : 1/5/2004 22:10 (Entered as : 01/05/2004 22:10)
Reported: 1/5/2004 7:22:40 PM 19:22
Posted: 1/17/2004
Location: Valhalla, NY
Shape: Circle
Duration:2 seconds
BLACK CIRCULAR DISC

We were looking up at the moon because we always do from time to time, and my boyfriend wanted me to see how nice it looked tonight, and as we are looking at it, a plane is flying past and a HUGE BLACK CIRCULAR OBJECT SHOT past the plane and the moon faster than a blink of an eye!!!! I am absolutely amazed! IT was definitely NOT an animal at all. I don't know what it was but it was fascinating! Please call me to let me know if ANYONE else saw it. UPGRADE TO PRIOR FORT MYERS FLORIDA REPORT - Peter D., Please see e-mail of today

The object appeared to be of rigid construction, and did not flex or otherwise deform as it gyrated through pitch, roll, yaw, etc..

There was no visible "weather balloon" radiosonde package or parachute attached. It did not rise up to a higher altitude or disappear from sight.

A subsequent lightly conducted search of internet sites selling professional weather balloons, and large advertising balloons (national and international) and other possibly related items, found nothing similar, so far.

Actually, it appeared during this lightly conducted search that weather balloons might not even come in "hard" silver, or at least I have not yet found any.

Weather balloons Do come with telemetry packages and parachutes which are strund below the balloon on longish cable. This object has none visible.