Bright light in the sky tonight? (Placitas: weather, town, better)

[_yb]

Anyone see it? To the west of town. I asked a neighbor and he said it was an experiment? Weather ballon?

Anybody know? It's really bright.

[LLD]

UFO of course! This is NM! LOL

[_yb]

It was a weather ballon.

[LLD]

Apparently there was also a red ball of fire in the sky recently too... a meteor that soared over the Sandia. People in Placitas even reported hearing some boom also. I'm assuming that was impact somewhere.

[BRIAN3M]

I saw it too but why would it be that bright during the night?

[veggggies]

I like the UFO theory!

[_yb]

I was able to find a website that explained it a little better.

It was a very big weather balloon.

NWS ABQ

[blacknite]

Just read your 2006 post... What time of day/night and in what direction was the light located?

[mortimer]

BRIAN3M wondered:

> .... why would it be that bright during the night?

The same reason the moon, and Mars are bright at night:

They are illuminated by the sun. Those weather balloons can reach altitudes over 100,000 ft. For them, sunset is much later than it is on the ground.

[_yb]

Originally Posted by blacknite

Just read your 2006 post... What time of day/night and in what direction was the light located?

9:00 PM due west.