UFO Sighting Over Philadelphia

([Update 4/29/07] - No, it's not a fly on the glass; I'm standing outside and if you listen in the beginning, you will hear the door chime from the open door. Yes the footage is shaky in the first half, but clears up at least a little bit in the second half. And yes, I know the music sucks - there was an band playing outside across the street. No, I don't have seizures. Yes I know having a tripod would've been great but it was a bit spontaneous and I didn't happen to have one with me. Um...yeah, that about covers everything I probably should have added here a while ago and am just getting around to now. Other than that, fire away...)

Captured this footage with my DV camcorder Sunday, May 28th, 2006 from a parking lot on 7th St just south of Washington Avenue in South Philadelphia.

Coming home from Jersey with my father, he needed to stop at a Vietnamese shop to get some tea and some tea cups and I noticed something in the sky heading West on Washington Ave. After we turned South on 7th and pulled into a parking lot just off the intersection where the store was, I leaned out my door with the camcorder and tried to get some footage.

I don't know how I even saw this at first as around 2:38, I zoom out and then back in and you can see how far away and up by the clouds this object is.

By definition, it's a UFO; that is, it's clearly not an airplane or a helicopter, and from this distance, I can't fathom that it's a balloon. Maybe a wetaher balloon, but I don't know. From what I recall, it was rather windless on Sunday, yet upper level winds could be present.

Take a look and let me know what you think.

philly_bits@yahoo.com

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[Aquadagr8]

I'm from Southwest Philadelphia. I believe in UFO's, but if you look real close, i swear you can see a string, as if it's a balloon, floating in the air. Probably got away from some lil kid.

[phillybits]

Here's the thing. If you watch from 2:37, I zoom all the way out and then back in and you can see how far out this thing is. If there is any string, common to what someone might have lying around their house, there is absolutely no way you'd be able to see it in this clip.

Let me know what you think, though, and thanks for the comment.

[justinaurelius]

Was the UFO playing that God awful music?

[wewoka26]

got a fricken monkey workin the camera

[GDogg2K7]

At 2:28 you can see what appears to be a prop spinnin above it. Helicopter. OR better yet a C5 Galaxy jet (they move super slow) out of Dover. Your shitty camera skills (accidental or PURPOSELY) make it hard to really focus on whether or not it has props/wings.

[thesail1612]

Gotta admit....can't watch with that stinkin music

[kagaminelenfan02]

lul bird

[mhaegs06]

It's a bird --

[robertabramson]

Geez...you would think you could steady the camera a little better.....

[RadamezHQ]

live in Center City Philadelphia but where in Philly, Philly is big it shit!!! ;) GO PHILS!

[pepperbone]

hmm i dont know, shake the fucking camera a little bit more...

[kellyfulgentaur]

a UFO was recently sighted subscribing to us! thats what you should be doing too!

[mrvader24]

Great catch.