New Mexico ufo
© MUFON databaseWitness illustration.
New Mexico witnesses near Albuquerque are reporting a silent, "dimly illuminated" object low in the sky that was visible for less than one minute at 9:05 p.m. on April 3, 2010, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) database.

"It passed by roughly south to north," the reporting witness stated. "It was low in the sky (mountain tops visible above it). It was visible for probably less than a minute before disappearing beyond the neighbor's trees."

The witnesses state that the object had no navigation lights. An illustration of the object's path was provided by the reporting witness.

This is the fifth April UFO report for New Mexico MUFON. There were 10 reports in March, 5 reports in February, and 10 reports in January.

The following is the unedited and as yet uninvestigated report filed with MUFON. Please keep in mind that most UFO reports can be explained as something natural or manmade. If New Mexico MUFON State Director Donald R. Burleson, Ph.D. investigates and reports back on this case, I will release an update.

New Mexico, April 3, 2010 - Bow-shaped object low in the sky. MUFON Case # 22647.

About 9:05, ****** and I were sitting on the patio when we saw something strange in the sky (see attached photoshop rendering).

It passed by roughly south to north. It was low in the sky (mountain tops visible above it). It was visible for probably less than a minute before disappearing beyond the neighbor's trees.

It made no sound. It was difficult to determine the size or altitude, but if it was about 3000' AGL (common altitude for airliners passing over our house), it was bigger than (and traveling slower than) an airliner. I have to think it was low, because if it was higher, it would have been huge!

It was very dimly illuminated. In fact, it was difficult to see if you looked straight at it (center field vision is not good at night). It almost looked like it wasn't directly lighted, but might have been illuminated by reflection of the city lights. (Imagine the phosphorescent glow of a ship's wake on the ocean at night.) It had no navigation lights.

Our house is just north of the Tijeras arroyo, between Tramway & Juan Tabo. The patio faces east, with a good view of the south end of the Sandias. We spend a lot of evenings on the patio skygazing. It is common for us to see aircraft (airliners, helicopters, Ospreys), satellites, weather balloons and shooting stars. This wasn't any of those.