ONE OF SEVERAL PHOTOS OF STRANGE METALLIC OBJECT.
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Description: On August 30th, 2013 at around 11:30 AM I saw an object that displayed a slow upward movement and then disappeared. It looked black and was maybe some silver-metallic.
My Wife and I saw something very similar to this a few years ago in Pismo Beach, CA. We were on the way to Avila Beach on Highwya 101 and saw this cylinder hovering over a canyon. the only difference was that it was vertical, not horizontal. It looked like a huge version of a 50 gallon drum. I thought it might be a Cal Poly experiment, but I searched the news and could find nothing.
Slowly ascended, you say? No other anomalous motions? In which case I would suspect a mylar balloon of some sort.
I took these pictures. There were no anomalous or abrupt movements. It was pretty high in the sky when I saw it. I took a few pictures and it disappeared. It looked black or silver-ish.
Alex:
Thanks for clarifying your sighting. The consensus among commenters is that you photographed a “solar” balloon. Some commenters were downright rude and stupid and those comments were not published.
Take care.
Look how the exposed end of the balloon is bunched. Clearly a solar balloon, but cylindrical, check out these:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Black+cylindrical+solar+balloons&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=xqosUsOTMMeErQG95IG4Bg&ved=0CCkQsAQ&biw=1516&bih=1002
or this TinyURL, in case the above won’t work for you:
http://tinyurl.com/pl5vmks
OBVIOUSLY a tubular solar balloon. Do some research before you post this rubbish.
Why don’t you think before you open your big mouth. You have no idea what it was.