Flashing light sparks concern near Albuquerque riverbank, Albuquerque NM
Suspicious ActivityPilots spotted a bright, flashing light near the Albuquerque riverbank. Authorities discussed the unknown light and debated if it could be a distress signal.
Audio|Source: Albuquerque Air Traffic Control
01:59
Transcript:
00:00
Behind us, it's on the edge of the river there, I guess it's,
00:06
I don't know what, there's just a bright, it's not a laser, but it's a bright, flashing, blinking light at us.
00:15
Public speeds at home, I'm not at (number withheld).
00:20
Sure.
00:23
And Rastcase, my job box in there, man.
00:28
You're a riverbank and it would be on the north or west side of the riverbank.
00:39
ATC website or something like that.
00:42
Someone else asked about something that we saw, some phenomena that was pretty cool and they're like, oh, if you put it on, do you know what that is?
00:51
71 amic center around you in about 10 minutes right on period just in case it on camera my cell
00:58
I'm just on the east side of it is so I mean 10 miles ago seem to be directed at it too I don't know what it is
01:13
well make sure I wasn't seen something
01:16
Oh, thank you.
01:18
And it was a white color, right? And it just seemed like it's flashing like almost Morse code.
01:23
Yeah, exactly.
01:25
I was actually going to start looking out Morse code for it, but it was too red.
01:30
Yeah, I got a video of it, but yeah, I don't know.
01:34
We'll see. Thanks.
01:36
Distress signal?
01:41
171.17. 171.
01:46
2812, good night see, Delta, 771.
01:49
Yeah.
01:53
This is called by the last place place.
01:56
Yeah, but it was on, it seemed like it was on the riverbank.
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Location mentioned:
Rio Grande, Albuquerque, NM
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