Size of Object(s)

pinky fingernail at arm's length

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

1to 1.5 miles at it's closest

Shape of Object(s)

flattened egg, skinny waterdrop layed sideways

Color of Object(s):

metallic, could see ground lights reflected off bottom of object

Full Description & Details

A college buddy invited my girlfriend and I over for his birthday. Some of us are amateur astronomers and so we had a couple of high-powered telescopes set up in our buddy's backyard. We were looking at Saturn and Jupiter and a couple of galaxies. Clear skies, no wind, perfect conditions for stargazing. The two guys pointing the telescopes were busy trying to find stuff to look at while the rest of us sat around staring at the sky and eating cheeze and crackers. I was sitting in a chair and my girlfriend was on my lap. My girlfriend, myself, and several others who were just standing around were all looking at the sky. We were facing south when I noticed a moving light to the east over our mountains. I always LOOK for ufos, so I turned my attention to it. Unfortunately, it was just a normal commercial plane heading towards our city airport off to the south. While I was watching the plane out of boredom I noticed a second object coming from the east and traveling west, but much, MUCH closer to us than the plane. Right as I lift my arm to show my girlfriend, she jumps up and points to it herself, along with everyone else who was looking up (you would have to be blind not to notice it). The object was shaped like a nearly flattened egg. I grew up literally two miles away from Kirtland Air Force Base and I know planes and jets when I see them. This was the strangest thing I have ever seen, and it gave me goosebumps to watch it. It moved very fast across our view, heading almost due west. When it reached the point to where it was due south of where we were it veared very sharply and shot off the the south-southwest, fast enough to shock us with it's speed, but slowly enough for us to notice that it was going up at about a 35 degree angle until we lost it in the stars. Lasted just long enough for everyone to get a excellent view of it. Object's initial altitude was about 200ft. Its apparent size was about as big as your pinky fingernail if it was shaped like a flattened egg. No lights were emitted from object, yet the city lights from Albuquerque reflected off the bottom clearly enough to give a great detailed look at the object. Couldn't estimate airspeed, but object traveled from east horizon to point between us and due south in about six seconds, and it took less than three seconds to disappear from sight after vector change. Everyone had goosebumps (some of these witnesses were Air Force personnel), and no one could identify it as a know aircraft. It was the topic of discussion for the rest of the night, and it is something that I will personally never forget.

Witness Background

College student. Certified Radiation Control Technician. Mother works for Sandia National Laboratories as a Nuclear Engineer. Very strong scientific background in my family. Lived right outside the gates of Kirtland Air Force Base for years as a child, and I am very good at naming aircraft on sight. Believe strongly in extraterrestrial life, but never believed that I would witness something that I would have believed to be a ufo. This has been a life-changing event, and every night I stare at the stars waiting to catch another glimpse.

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