This is a balloon right?

greywolf · 6 Oct 2013 at 13:38

Had this blob in the sky hanging around for 20-30mins in approx same location before moving off. Got the DSLR out with 135mm and took some photos to get a better look. Seems to change shape a bit or reflect light differently. Moved at different speed than the clouds, but could have been much higher altitude. In some photos looks like a weather balloon, although usually they climb in altitude quicker.

Obligatory pixels:

So theres a sad kid somewhere whos lost their balloon right?

GTanny · 6 Oct 2013 at 13:46

Aeroplane poop!

BuffetSlayer · 6 Oct 2013 at 13:48

ALIENS!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!!!!!

(Or maybe it is a balloon afterall

)

Cosimo · 6 Oct 2013 at 13:50

It's an alien blobby.

Puzzled · 6 Oct 2013 at 13:51

Could be a weather balloon.

They need clearance to be released so shouldn't of been anywhere near that plane.

SexyGreyFox · 6 Oct 2013 at 13:53

If anybody posts a picture of Giorgio I will hunt them down and kill them.

Derek W · 6 Oct 2013 at 14:28

Dimple said:
If anybody posts a picture of Giorgio I will hunt them down and kill them.

Aliens?

TurnipHead · 6 Oct 2013 at 14:34

Not many of the balloons I buy glow.

Jacksonn · 6 Oct 2013 at 14:37

Gotta be E.T

MikeTheNative · 6 Oct 2013 at 14:54

MonkeyMan said:
Could be a weather balloon.

They need clearance to be released so shouldn't of been anywhere near that plane.

It's zoomed in so far that he could be nowhere near the plane, it's hard to tell from this perspective.

Fire_fly · 6 Oct 2013 at 15:13

Derek W said:
Aliens?

Na

SexyGreyFox · 6 Oct 2013 at 15:19

Fire_fly said:
Na

That's him.
Be afraid, be very afraid.

Fire_fly · 6 Oct 2013 at 15:23

Do you want tea or coffee when you pop round?

SexyGreyFox · 6 Oct 2013 at 15:55

Fire_fly said:
Do you want tea or coffee when you pop round?

Strong tea with sweeteners and custard creams.

elmuzzy66. · 6 Oct 2013 at 16:08

It looks like a weather balloon, radio sonde for the layman. Where did you take the picture?

bitslice · 6 Oct 2013 at 16:41

Dimple said:
If anybody posts a picture of Giorgio I will hunt them down and kill them.

inogen · 6 Oct 2013 at 16:55

Fire_fly · 6 Oct 2013 at 17:15

Dimple said:
Strong tea with sweeteners and custard creams.

I don't have any sweeteners so you will have to have sugar, but I may have some Custard Creams in the cupboard somewhere.

Angilion · 6 Oct 2013 at 17:16

TurnipHead said:
Not many of the balloons I buy glow.

Light coming from an object is not necessarily generated by that object. To pick a well known and very large example; the moon does not generate any light but it "glows" so strongly that it's the brightest object in the night sky and very clearly visible from ~250,000 miles away through the entire atmosphere.

While it's true that most balloons are not very reflective, neither is the moon. Some balloons are far more reflective than the moon. You've probably seen shiny metallic balloons - they're hardly rare.

So it's entirely likely that a balloon in a clear sky in daylight could reflect enough sunlight to appear to be glowing despite not generating any light.

Redz · 6 Oct 2013 at 17:37

Looks like a queen wasp to me.