I need help identifying what I have seen in Colorado, USA

- Juli 26, 2021

Hello. I'm going to try and approach this as scientifically as possible by providing as much data as I possibly can. I need to know what this was at least semi-accurately

Base Story From Memory

I was on a trip with my family for roughly 8 days. We were driving from our state to see the Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA. Of course myself being extremely interested in UAP's and the unexplained, I took my camera in hopes of catching something (as I've heard Arizona is a spot where a lot of UAP are spotted). Roughly 3 days into the trip, on Monday the 19th of July, we are driving in near the border of Utah and Arizona in Colorado (aka The Four Corners) on the outskirts of this town named Mancos. Very flat and dry expanse out both sides of the truck. Quite windy that day if I recall, clear skies. I myself was sitting in the back passenger seat when I spotted this silvery bright metallic object hovering perfectly still in the sky almost directly above this building. ~~A shed maybe? It looked run down from my memory.~~ It was actually an older thrift shop/campground on the right side of the road. Immediately, I took out my camera and started taking pictures (yes I know, video is more worthwhile but in the moment I was just clicking away with high-res pictures. That and my camera is more apt to handle images rather than video). I take roughly 12 pictures, and it was almost as if it vanished. I'm not sure what happened, if it flew away fast or whether it went invisible or if I just lost sight of it or what I really have no idea. I have 3 witnesses of this phenomena, that being everyone in the car at the time. It's worth mentioning that I also caught other things which I presumed to be oddities which later turned out to be ordinary objects. This is the only case where I could not for the LIFE of me figure out what it was while on vacation.

Raw Data

Location
- city limit of Mancos, Colorado, USA on the west side
- Highway 160
- 37.3477792 -108.302662 (not exact exact but close enough on google earth)
- Object seen above the "United Campground of Mesa Verde above the "Thrift Shop" labeled white building (see image below)

Roughly this elevation above the building

Time/Date
- Monday, July 19th 2021
- ~~I want to say it was around 12 o'clock. Unfortunately my camera settings weren't adjusted to the right time so it says it was taken at 3:17 AM haha~~
- I found a screenshot of my exact coordinates from my phone that had the time; 1:06 PM.
Camera
- Canon EOS Rebel SL1
- 1/640
- Auto ISO
Lens
- Canon Zoom Lens EF 75-300mm 1:4-5.6
- Zoomed to 300
Images of Phenomena and References
- See bottom of post

Hypotheses

A balloon
- Pros:
  - silver/reflective
  - in the air
  - disappeared because of popping(?)
  - possible string shown in image 2
- Cons:
  - hovering still in the air even though it was quite windy
  - other images don't show string even while correctly adjusted focus-wise
A type of bokeh/blur of something ordinary (plastic bag, etc)
- Pros:
  - Far away
  - Looks similar to that of blurred dots in sky in the picture
- Cons:
  - Some images don't look similar to other sorts of blur
  - Odd colors
  - Camera and lens were focused well and can shoot really far away objects (see reference images)
  - In person, it was clearly a spherical silvery object
Plane/drone
- Pros:
  - In-air
  - Metallic
  - Hovering (drone)
- Cons:
  - No propulsion
  - Irregular shape
  - Low for a plane
  - No lights from what I can tell
  - Disappeared
Other
- Pros:
  - Matches description of other craft seen
  - In the area where a lot of sightings happen
  - Completely still and hovering while in wind
  - Most images (namely 5) are similar in nature to that of the FA-18 cockpit image (shown below)