UFO or anomalous object spotted on Google Map

[Karlis]

The object is located on the Laguna AAF Airport in Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. It looks like a perfectly circular light surrounded by smaller lights arranged in a circle.There appear to be lines radiating from the center of the object. You can see the object for yourself by typing the coordinates 32.866436,-114.385992 into Google Maps. Read more...

[Legaia]

Rocket testing or fireworks maybe?

[Orcseeker]

Rocket testing or fireworks maybe?

Seems too perfectly sphereical for fireworks

Edited March 2, 2012 by Orcseeker

[par02]

Just something painted on the runway: http://mapq.st/AgJGjH

PAR

[skookum]

Very weird.

[Karlis]

Just something painted on the runway: http://mapq.st/AgJGjH

PAR

How do you arrive at that conclusion?

[par02]

How do you arrive at that conclusion?

Satellite images are taken at different times of the year. You can see different buildings being up etc and the thing hasn't moved even though there is clearly air traffic coming in and out of that airport.

And, although it isn't 100% clear, the google image map shows shadows on the plane to the north of the object and on the plane to the west of the object (that is about to take off). This object does not cast any shadows and its as wide as the utility road.

PAR

Edited March 2, 2012 by par02

[Karlis]

Satellite images are taken at different times of the year. You can see different buildings being up etc and the thing hasn't moved even though there is clearly air traffic coming in and out of that airport.

And, although it isn't 100% clear, the google image map shows shadows on the plane to the north of the object and on the plane to the west of the object (that is about to take off). This object does not cast any shadows and its as wide as the utility road.

PAR

Good observations, par02.

Anybody with other thoughts?

[par02]

Good observations, par02.

Anybody with other thoughts?

Why thank you Long time lurker and this was my first posting

PAR

[Karlis]

Why thank you Long time lurker and this was my first posting

PAR

Well -- stop lurking and keep posting incisive thoughts!

And welcome to the weird and wonderful UM community ...

[DONTEATUS]

It could just be a artifact or photoshop job.

[ChrLzs]

Follow the link to the 'dropbox' image in the comments below the article - it's very obviously some form of target or reference pattern on the runway.

As for Tracey Parece's determination that it looked like 'lights'.. She did spot that it was a daylight photo, did she?

Sigh - I saw nothing whatsoever in her article to suggest she spent even a moment considering what it *might* actually be. A helicopter?? Save me..

[Phoenix1k]

Its likely some kind of reference or targeting point painted on the taxiway with reflective paint, that would explain why it looks like its lit up. Plus its pretty well centered on the taxiway, its highly unlikely that an object passing over the airport would have been caught centered on taxiway so well.

[DONTEATUS]

Righty-O it is whats it is !

And that could be anything.