NUFORC Sighting 146267

Occurred: 2019-05-24 12:30 Local
Reported: 2019-05-24 13:44 Pacific
Duration: 10-12 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Denver, CO, USA

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Changed Colo

six objects changing formation for about 10 minutes above the Denver Metro Area, mid day.

May 24, 2019, Appox. 12:30pm 1 Mile west of downtown Denver, Colorado, (32nd Ave & King Street) Today, May 24, 2019, about a mile due west of Denver Colorado. It is a day with almost no clouds and bright sunshine. I was standing outside talking with my neighbors when I noticed 6 objects to the NNE. The objects were at a 50-60 degree angle from my location. These objects were simply just there. From my location they had the appearance of an object between a baseball and a golf ball. Planes were passing over headed to the local airport, Denver International Airport that fly at approx. 12,000’, less than a mile above the ground, as they have just passed over 12-14,000’ foot mountains and begin decent for landing. A private plane passed over at no more than 2000’ feet above so my guess is they were 3-4000’ above the ground.

My first thought is that these were balloons that had been released, as today is the last day of school. The objects would have been too large to be balloons and they stayed in the same relative altitude. Next, I thought they might be birds as they were constantly changing formations. The idea being they were trying to gain altitude. They moved from V to diamond to non-formation and back in a constant shifting of their position relative to each other.

This was not birds or balloons. First, their size would have been too big for a bird and while I thought I saw a wing, given the size of a bird and distance it was away a wing would not be possible to see. Even White Trumpeter Swans would be smaller, they are exceedingly rare in this part of the US and don’t fly in the manner that I witnessed. They also reflected light of a white translucent color with a hint of rainbow sheen leaning heavier towards the red spectrum. Birds don’t reflect light, which is why my mind first turned to balloons, but again the size was too large. They had to be rather large in size . They appeared to be flying in an erratic behavior at first glance, much like balloons, but it soon became apparent these were flying in a controlled manner and altering between multiple formations.

I was with two neighbors who took no interest, and I’m not sure if they could see them. I was wearing sunglasses and when I removed my glasses, I was unable to see the objects. They were not wearing any sunglasses (and chuckled at my reference to the objects being extraordinary). My I-Phone was unable to pick up anything either. The objects were clearly reflecting light which changed as they moved, giving the impression they were possibly spinning. The reflecting was not bright enough to overcome the sun’s glare without sunglasses.

This went on for about 10 minutes. I turned my eyes away for a moment and when looked back they were simply gone. I waited about 30-45 minutes to gather my thoughts and then began this reporting process.

Posted 2019-06-07