Occurred: 2007-05-07 14:01 Local
Reported: 2007-05-07 11:47 Pacific
Duration: approx 10 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: New York City (Whitestone), NY, USA

Shape: Sphere
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

White shperical object seen near New York City

It was approximately 2 PM eastern time. I was out in my backyard and I happened to look up. Relatively far away, I saw a white object. I dismissed it as a plane, but suddenly realized it was circular. It was moving slowly, and crossed the sky a little bit. It appeared to move down but then went upward. Then it disappeared up.

I live near LaGuardia Airport, and have for a long time. I can tell the difference between a plane and anything else. At the angle in which the object rose, it was opposite the airports, also including JFK. It rose too sharply to be a plane.

I am unsure if the object was a UFO or a balloon. Right after I saw it, I went to my computer. I checked to see where balloons pop. It said they pop at 30,000 feet. http://www.balloonhq.com/faq/howpop.html was my reference website. That seemed too low for where my object was flying. The object also seemed far away, so far that I don’t think I’d be able to it if it was a balloon, due to its sizing.

Posted 2007-06-12

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