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PALESTINE, Texas, May 19 (UPI) -- Experts said a UFO spotted over Arizona was a research balloon launched by the U.S. space agency to measure gamma ray emissions.
Bill Stepp of the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Palestine, Texas, said the UFO reported Monday was a 4,000-pound balloon sent to measure the gamma ray emissions at high altitudes by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, The Arizona Republic reported Tuesday.
Stepp said the balloon was sent out at about 7:30 a.m. Sunday from Fort Sumter in New Mexico and drifted over parts of Arizona Monday before landing at 9 p.m. near Kingman, Ariz.
He said the balloon can be seen from a distance of about 170 miles on a clear day due to its usual altitude of 130,000 feet, causing reports of UFOs Monday from Albuquerque to Phoenix.
"It's something unusual," Stepp said. "People just don't know what it is."
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