- It appears Greg captured a run away balloon... but
one never knows!
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- In Denver, Colorado on July 4, 2004 at 18:53, I was lucky
enough to snap this pic on a Motorola V600 cell phone. The object was leaving
in a straight line horizontal to the ground and was silent. As with most
UFO pics, this one is woefully out of focus and even I have to admit that
by itself is much of nothing. I have no idea on altitude but I'd say about
500'.
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- Anyways, I am not a big UFO enthusiast and don't really
think we are being visited BUT I saw what I saw. The attached pic is the
only one I have.
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- Given that it was the 4th it could easily have been anything
other than an alien UFO. The object seemed to be an elongated spheroid
(okay, balloon shape) and the sighting lasted not longer than 5 seconds.
I had literally just enough time to aim (not get the image in the viewfinder/screen)
and click. I was sure what I had until I was able to see it at home on
the big screen. The path it took was flat and level and one thought I
did have was that it could have been a large balloon. I don't know the
altitude so a guess on the size is hard. Unfortunately I have no witnesses
beyond myself and the joke is I was at a party with 30 people. This was
a very quick encounter and I tend to be a big alien UFO skeptic. Trust
me, I am one of the biggest skeptics out there and have always demanded
extraordinary evidence for extraordinary claims. What would have been
interesting is if someone else had submitted a pic about the same time
and area.
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- About all I can be sure of is...
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- It lasted not longer than 5 seconds
- We had very little wind
- It vanished over the trees
- It flew straight and horizontal
- It was silent
- The camera was a V600 Motorola cell phone
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- I took the pic from the hip and my hand was in motion
during the exposure so that might account for everything being blurred
except the object. At the time my first thought was "Cool, a Fuji
Film blimp" but it became nearly instantly apparent it was not a blimp.
I am willing to chalk this up to just some freak occurrence with some
rogue 4th of July balloon with it being just over the trees and the clouds
playing tricks with the light.
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- If someone had another pic from the same area THAT would
be very interesting. Right now I am the first to admit that it is a very
bad and blurred image at low resolution and by itself proves not a thing.
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- By the way, if this is THE James Neff who does the artwork
and renderings, you do very good work. I have consistently enjoyed some
of the images you have created.
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- Thanks,
- Greg Goede
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