Old_Shoe
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A couple weeks ago I flew from Houston to Seattle. I sat in a window seat on the left side of a Boeing 737, just even with the front of the left engine. We took off to the south then banked around to the right and headed north. I looked down and recognized I-45 below us and to our left. We were climbing through 2 or 3 thousand feet when motion outside the plane caught my eye. I saw an orange ball about 100' below us and about 100' beyond our left wing tip. I had just enough time to focus on it before it was hidden beneath the wing, but I turned my head and watched for it to reappear behind the wing. It did, and I had a clear view of it again, briefly.
What I saw was about the size of a beach ball. Bright orange. It was perfectly spherical. It was glossy smooth and reflected the light of the rising sun. The most mundane explanation for it would be that it was a balloon. It didn't look like any balloon I've ever seen, though. Anyone else ever see something like this?
What I saw was about the size of a beach ball. Bright orange. It was perfectly spherical. It was glossy smooth and reflected the light of the rising sun. The most mundane explanation for it would be that it was a balloon. It didn't look like any balloon I've ever seen, though. Anyone else ever see something like this?