Spherical Object In Map View, Nellis Air Force Range, Nevada [A Bright Patch of Ground]

[jackfrostvc]

Here is a strange one on Google Maps

https://www.google.com/maps/place/37°18'20.4"N+116°28'21.1"W/@37.305339,-116.4728851,296m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d37.3056694!4d-116.4725361

 

[Todd Feinman]

Here is a strange one on Google Maps

https://www.google.com/maps/place/37°18'20.4"N+116°28'21.1"W/@37.305339,-116.4728851,296m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d37.3056694!4d-116.4725361

Looks like the cast shadow from a disk but is just a white patch next to a dark patch.

 

[jackfrostvc]

Looks like the cast shadow from a disk but is just a white patch next to a dark patch.

Yeah, that's what I think as well. If it were a shadow, it's in the wrong direction judging by the shadows from other things in the surrounding area

[Off topic material removed]

 

[deirdre]

Looks like the cast shadow from a disk but is just a white patch next to a dark patch.

it looks exactly like a weather balloon.

Here is a strange one on Google Maps

https://www.google.com/maps/place/37°18'20.4"N+116°28'21.1"W/@37.305339,-116.4728851,296m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d37.3056694!4d-116.4725361

are you bringing up off topic ufos to examine shadows or aerial photography glitches? if so you should state that and embed photos.

 

[Mick West]

Looks like the cast shadow from a disk but is just a white patch next to a dark patch.

It's also been there since at least 1998

 

[deirdre]

then probably a water tower, ? cant tell if this is the pluto facility, but hte road name is right. and just to the south of the above google blob

https://www.google.com/maps/search/...ty/@36.7904134,-116.262129,221m/data=!3m1!1e3

 

[Easy Muffin]

Bing Maps: https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=66db...16.472473&lvl=19&style=a&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027

Looks like a random bright patch on the ground to me.

 

[deirdre]

Bing Maps: https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=66db...16.472473&lvl=19&style=a&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027

wow. thats much more clear than Google. never would have thought to use Bing Maps... good info!

 

[AmberRobot]

Here is a strange one on Google Maps

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https://www.google.com/maps/place/37°18'20.4"N+116°28'21.1"W/@37.305339,-116.4728851,296m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d37.3056694!4d-116.4725361

If north is up in the photo and this object is north of the Tropic of Cancer wouldn't a shadow have to be to the north of the object?

so I think I'd lean more toward colored patches of ground.

 

[AmberRobot]

If north is up in the photo and this object is north of the Tropic of Cancer wouldn't a shadow have to be to the north of the object?

so I think I'd lean more toward colored patches of ground.

Actually, a shadow could be to the southwest during the summer and early morning hours. But the shadows would be longer so still seems unlikely to be a shadow.

 

[Mick West]

Bing Maps: https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=66db...16.472473&lvl=19&style=a&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027

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Looks like a random bright patch on the ground to me.

Yeah, and that's not a shadow, it's vegetation.

 

[Easy Muffin]

wow. thats much more clear than Google. never would have thought to use Bing Maps... good info!

Yeah, Bing has surprisingly high quality aerial coverage in certain regions. Arcgis.com is another place where you might find something although their imagery tends to be identical to Bing's over vast stretches.

Yeah, and that's not a shadow, it's vegetation.

Reminds me of when people thought they were seeing a face on Mars in the infamous Viking image until better pictures came along that showed it was only an illusion created by illumination angle and general shoddiness of the original shot.