NUFORC Sighting 173190

Occurred: 2022-11-23 23:01 Local
Reported: 2022-11-25 12:45 Pacific
Duration: approximately 10 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Albuquerque, NM, USA
Location details: creeping from the W moving E/SE about 30-50 ft above ground

Shape: Oval
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Changed Colo

appeared to be hovering about the houses in my neighborhood moving very slowly.

First noticed sometime right after 11 pm from my back yard. The craft was West of me moving slowly and silently a few houses over; it was close enough to see individual lights on the craft. It appeared to have red lights on the top and white on bottom. Ran up stairs to 2nd story balcony to visualize again as it was flying so low that it disappeared from my view behind trees and neighbor's houses. Craft was flying slowly in a SE direction. Filmed for about 2 minutes while still visible. Returned downstairs to star gaze from the hot tub. Approximately 5 minutes had past since it disappeared from the vantage point of my South facing upstairs balcony when I noticed a large star that was directly South of me and looked unusual. It was the craft just hovering in the sky, at this point it appeared to be higher in the sky than when first visualized, maybe 100 ft or more above the ground. In a sudden and unexpected burst of speed it zipped in a straight line flying directly South. From my vantage point it almost looked like a shooting star and had a downward looking trajectory, but I believe it was actually flying horizontal to the South and the appearance was based on its height above and South of my view. Total time of craft being in my area was about 10 min, but I did not have eyes on the craft the whole time as it was being blocked by trees and houses.

Posted 2022-12-22