Other over Kyrgyzstan

The report, as filed

We were traveling westbound over Kyrgyzstan at FL320 on an established airway from Guangzhou China to Cologne Germany. It was a little past local apparent noon and the sun was slightly behind us. I looked up and saw a bright contact close in off our right nose. I checked TCAS and saw nothing. I looked back up and saw a small craft very close and slightly above us. The size and distance were difficult to determine because we did not know what we were looking at. However the craft was very clearly seen, I believe it was within half a mile. I estimated the rough size to be that of a car or SUV stood vertically. It appeared to be two flattened spheres with a disk between them, a small mast on top and a longer mast/antenna on the bottom. The lower mast had several (2-3) small spheres along the length with one on the bottom. There were no visible means of propulsion or wings. The flattened spheres appeared solid and symmetrical. The did not appear to be ballon’s or lifting bodies. Additionally the were not large enough to be lifting bodies for the relative size of the craft. Again closure rate was hard to determine because we did not know exactly what we were looking at. I don’t believe the object was traveling in the opposite direction. I believe it was the same direction of travel (just much slower) or stationary. The craft did not appear react to our aircraft. There were no lights on the craft. There were no visible windows or sensors attached to the craft. The Captain and I have over 60 years of military and civilian aviation between us and almost in unison our reaction was “What the #@$& was that?!” Of all the photos and drawings of UFOs I’ve never seen anything like this. I would be very interested to hear if anything like this has been reported by others or if this is something in your database.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #176675). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.