2008-01-26 - Denver, CO - Sphere

((NUFORC Note: We have elected to leave Mr. Romanek's name in this report, given that he has gone public about some of the dramatic sightings he appears to have experienced over recent years. One of his sightings he captured on video, and we consider it to be a very interesting case. PD))

Distant white spheres seen by crowd on college campus

I was attending the Stan Romanek presentation at St Cajetan's Church on the Auraria Campus near downtown Denver. Shortly after 4:00 PM (4:15?) a break was called (the program ran from 2PM to 6PM). Many people, including me, went outside. It was a very nice day, mild (in the 40's), partly sunny, very light breeze. I just looked at the sky casually, but then I noticed a lot of people were looking and pointing and yelling about something in the sky. They were all looking north or northwest. I asked someone to point them out to me; it took me about 30 seconds to notice them for myself. They appeared to be white. Most people said they looked like spheres (in fact, some said they were PERFECT spheres) but to me they looked more flattened, like a disc would look; however, I wear glasses and my prescription is 4 years old and I know I don't have 20/20 vision with them anymore. A few people had cameras or cell phones with cameras and were trying to take pictures. I saw that one person has already posted their report and included 3 photos. They do look more rounded in the photos, so it was probably my eyesight that made them look more flattened somehow. A couple of people thought they were balloons, but I did not think so for 2 reasons. First, they did not drift together in the same direction like balloons would be if carried by the wind. They would change direction, go into and out of clouds, and move in opposite directions to one another and stop and hover, then move again. There were 3 or 4 initially, then only 2, then only 1. Then I went back inside because the program was to resume. Either the other objects took off so fast I couldn't see them, or they disappeared, or went behind a cloud or two. Stan was outside for a few minutes and also saw them but said it was hard to tell whether "they" were there for him and the crowd, or whether it was balloons or whatever; he didn't watch them for long and went back inside. He asked the crowd later how many people saw the objects and a lot of hands wen! t up, pr obably more people saw them than didn't. Last summer at the UFO Watchtower, where Stan also was, there was a similar looking sighting--bright white color, very distant and high in the sky.