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I am a professional photographer and amateur astronomer that works at the New Jersey Astronomical Association Observatory in Voohees, New Jersey.<\/p>\n

I was taking pictures of my son and because I am a drone flyer I saw an object in the sky moving rather quickly across airport grounds. Because I thought that this object was a security drone I snapped the picture and didn\u2019t really look at it for weeks.<\/p>\n

After finally looking at it to compare to my drone I noticed that it was not a drone at all. It had 4 dome-like structures and a central structure holding it together. There is no obvious flight surface to provide lift so one would assume a balloon.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately I had never seen a balloon move this fast and with such purpose… in a straight line and at a level height.<\/p>\n

Could it be a drone? Possibly… but given the distance and using some simple geometry (and some assumptions) I estimated the craft to be roughly 20-25 feet across.<\/p>\n

This is my 3rd strange sighting I have had in my life. And the only one made during the day OVER a VERY active airport.<\/p>\n

In addition I have the RAW. I took this with a 70-200mm f2.8 canon lens… so not cheap glass… and the detail on the raw can be zoomed way in with little loss of resolution. I will try to attach.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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