

A still from the analysis video showing a close-up of the object. Image Credit: YouTube / UFOVNI

An unidentified object was caught on camera during a golfing event in Florida earlier this month.

The sighting, which occured during the Players Championship segment of the PGA tour at Ponte Vedra Beach on May 9th, was reported to the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) by an eagle-eyed viewer who had been watching the event on television.The dark-colored object, which can be seen moving from right to left across the frame, shows up as the camera pans across the sky to follow the path of the golf ball as it travels up the course.As is traditional with MUFON reports the identity of the witness has been withheld, however a video has been released showing a slow motion capture of the tournament footage. (see below)"When you see the pictures, people may think 'oh, that's a blimp,' but after seeing the blimp in other clips, I can easily conclude it's not the blimp," the witness wrote."I also looked for other aircrafts flying by and nothing seemed plausible. The object did have a reflective surface. In the picture, you'll see a golf ball, a bird, and the flash reflection, while the other object is the unknown craft."Critics of the footage however believe that the object could be another bird flying past the camera."If you watch the video carefully, you can see the object moving across the field independently of the ball," MUFON's chief image and video analyst Marc Dantonio told the Huffington Post."After reviewing this object multiple times, I could clearly detect motion within it that looked to me indicative of a bird in the middle of a wing stroke."