NUFORC Sighting 113599

Occurred: 2014-09-13 19:40 Local
Reported: 2014-09-16 09:37 Pacific
Duration: 1.5 hours
No of observers: 6

Location: Albuquerque, NM, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Changed Colo

We saw a bright round object in the Northwestern sky above Rio Rancho, NM, on 9/18/2014 around 7:40pm…. It was not blinking, nor flashing. The light was a very bright, I’d guess 5500 Degrees Kelvin.

The object never moved and appeared to fade after sunset. We watched it from the B of A parking lot on the corner of 528/Coors.

There were several people that pulled over to watch this object; I thought for sure I’d hear something about it on the news or web search.

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NUFORC Note:

We suspect that the object was a high-altitude, helium-filled balloon. One was reported to have been released from Ft. Sumner in New Mexico.

http://www.topix.com/city/fort-sumner-nm/2014/09/enormous-balloon-will-carry-black-hole-hunting-telescope-aloft

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Posted 2014-09-18