Size of Object(s)

If I held my thumb up, it would completely cover this thing, but I can't be sure how far away it was or how large. Just something about it appeared to be at its clearest when we first saw it.

Description of Area / Surroundings

As I said above, it's a small town of around 14,000, and we were right in the middle of town.

Full Description & Details

Around 10a.m. two other co-workers and I saw what at first appeared to be a plastic grocery bag descending from what I would guess to be about 100 feet high and about 100 yards away. It was white and we thought it was going to fall so we would be sure what it was. It was sunny and only a very few white clouds, and I jokingly said that I guess someone threw it out of an airplane. Instead of falling, it appeared to suspend and float around slowly, and then it rose quite a bit higher, but didn't seem to move laterally. There was almost no breeze at least at our level, but it continued to get higher, which really got our attention. My friend had binoculars in his vehicle nearby, and went to get them. As he did, this thing went behind a cloud for a few seconds before reappearing. It then started to move in a northeast direction and he watched it until it went out of his sight with the binoculars. We never saw any kind of marking or any colors other than white. Our only frame of reference was from one and two story buildings in the immediate area, and the superstructure of a paper mill several hundred yards to our north. I have no idea what it was and have never seen anything like it before. Just wanted to tell someone else about it. tw

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

I feel sure it was not a weather balloon or blimp. It definitely was not a plane or a satellite, or a natural object. It is possible I guess, that it was something really strange happening to a plastic bag, as that's the best I can describe it.

Witness Background

I am a criminal investigator for the sheriff's office, and I am a logical person.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I've seen alot of shows about them and I can't say they do or don't exist, and this hasn't changed anything for me.

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