2012-02-23 - Las Vegas, NV - Unknown

Low Humming and HUGE Object over Las Vegas West Valley

I was in my backyard at 1823 when I heard a low hum (not a commercial aircraft engine type or helicopter) and looked towards the NW and saw a green light (like an aircraft on its right wing) approaching and I looked for the red element which would indicate the edge wing. There were no landing lights or strobes on this flying object. I call it an object because I am familiar with commercial aircraft and some of the common military aircraft which flies over and this was huge.

I waited about 30 seconds as it approached not quite overhead but a little off centered and that is when I saw a red element at it’s leading edge not on what would be the left side of the aircraft. I wanted to see if it passed a star to be better able to see some shape on this but it did not pass any visible stars because of the time so I do not know what shape this was. I ran to my front of my house to see if it continued towards the SE but lost sight of it. It was running dark.

I subsequently called the local channels KLASTV and Channel 13 describing the above and got the response this was the first reporting. I got the impression they thought I was a prank call but I do not randomly call anyone just for the sake of taking someone else’s time unneccesarily.

Because of how dark it was I do not think my cellphone could have captured anything because of the resolution and lighting. All I can say is I saw a flying object and it was HUGE. I live in the flight path of departing aircraft in LAS (Las Vegas) and watch commercial aircraft quite a bit and see at times the International space station pass over. It is fun to see such a marvel.

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Update to Earlier Report this evening

This is a follow up to the contents below: After I was contacted by an investigator last night and it was explained to me that what I saw was possibly a Blimp. This is plausible although I do not live in North Las Vegas where the N Las Vegas Airport is and is known to have blimps there.

I was asked to contact the FSS at Las Vegas and since I do not have a phone book at my home, I went on line and was given some phone numbers but it was not the FSS so after half an hour, I looked at the facts below and wrote this off as a blimp which makes sense. I am satisfied with that because a that could explain why it was running dark and the light configuration was not your typical fixed winged aircraft and the low humming sound I heard.

Believe me when I say I do not normally do this and was not looking to cause any problems.

Thank you for responding so quickly.

What I originally wrote: I was in my backyard at 1823 when I heard a low hum (not a commercial aircraft engine type or helicopter) and looked towards the NW and saw a green light (like an aircraft on its right wing) approaching and I looked for the red element which would indicate the edge wing. There were no landing lights or strobes on this flying object. I call it an object because I am familiar with commercial aircraft and some of the common military aircraft which flies over and this was huge.

I waited about 30 seconds as it approached not quite overhead but a little off centered and that is when I saw a red element at it’s leading edge not on what would be the left side of the aircraft. I wanted to see if it passed a star to be better able to see some shape on this but it did not pass any visible stars because of the time so I do not know what shape this was. I ran to my front of my house to see if it continued towards the SE but lost sight of it. It was running dark.

I subsequently called the local channels KLASTV and Channel 13 describing the above and got the response this was the first reporting. I got the impression they thought I was a prank call but I do not randomly call anyone just for the sake of taking someone else’s time unnecessarily.

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