NUFORC Sighting 128295

Occurred: 2016-06-30 19:00 Local
Reported: 2016-07-04 21:35 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Belleville, NY, USA

Shape: Cylinder

Former student pilot sees an object that he can't explain.

I was in my back yard with my son flying a RC airplane when I just happend to see a cylinder shaped object above the clouds. I tried to keep an eye on it but I didnt want to crash my airplane so I had to switch between the plane and object while I landed the plane. I observed the white colored object go behind the clouds and reappear. The thing appeared to move very slow and made no noise. I can't really say as to the size of the object with nothing else in the sky to compare it to but if I had to guess I would say the length of an airliner but twice the diameter. The object had just a dull white color, no markings, and nothing that would suggest control surfaces or engines.

Once I landed my RC plane which was about 30 seconds after I spotted the object, It had disappeared. I did not see it vanish nor did I hear anything. There were only a few clouds in the sky that evening so I dont think it could just hide in a cloudbank.

Posted 2016-07-08