NUFORC Sighting 76970

Occurred: 2010-07-31 14:20 Local
Reported: 2010-08-03 19:03 Pacific
Duration: 15 min.
No of observers: 1

Location: San Antonio, TX, USA

Shape: Chevron
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

Multiple witnesses observe stationary, highly-reflective object in daytime sky. Triangular??

July 31, 2010, 2:15 PM, the weather was clear, no sign of clouds, only blue sky with an occasional commercial aircraft approaching from the north heading towards the San Antonio International airport to the southwest. We are located at the outer limits of approach aircraft.

The object appeared as a bright reflective object, located N30E, approximately 30 to 35 degrees above the horizon. I was located in our backyard swimming pool, the bright object and relatively stationary appearance caught my attention.

I have seen high flying aircraft, rising party balloon, birds during the daytime. But this object did not fit those observations. This object was somewhat stationary and seemed to rise like a balloon, but never this bright and never a shape which seemed to rotate, vary in brightness and shape.

Object seemed to hover and slightly rise in the sky until it just vanished. At one point when the object seemed to nearly disappear, observation what I thought was a much larger triangular object, just catching a straight edge about twenty diameters in length as compared to the bright object (no color, bright white starlike). It disappeared shortly thereafter.

I looked for it but never saw it again.

The duration of this observation lasted about 15 min.

Posted 2010-08-24