Teardrop over Ranchos de Taos, NM
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Before sunset,in the sky we saw a tear drop shaped shining bright white (kind of resembling a huge hot air balloon), not moving at all. An airplane flew next to it and it's size dwarfed the size of the airplane. Several neighbors outside and people pulling over in their cars to look at it. After sunset it is no longer visible.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #149299). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-09-25 → 2019-10-12
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