NUFORC Sighting 46183

Occurred: 2005-09-11 05:25 Local
Reported: 2005-09-11 06:23 Pacific
Duration: 10 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Albuquerque, NM, USA

Shape: Orb

A dim orange sphere, traveling in a sweeping curve.

I was sitting in the parking lot ready to go into work, with my moon roof open, when I saw what appeared to be a shooting star traveling NNW at perhaps 1000 ft altitude. It was a dim orange orb. It did not dissapear after a second or so, like a shooting star. It remained visible traveling at a high rate of speed (3000mph) and over central Albuquerque began a sweeping curve to the west. The curve continued until it was traveling WSW until it traveled out of sight. I might point out that when I first saw it, it came right over the Kirtland AFB. The object's light emission never varied, staying a dim orange the entire 10 seconds of the episode. I could not discern the size of the object, but a guess would be that it was no more than a 30 feet sphere.

Posted 2005-10-11