Air carrier first officer reports a near midair collision with a weather balloon at FL360 near denve...

Attributes
ACN	1200750
Time
Date	201409
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZDV.ARTCC
State Reference	CO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 6000 Flight Crew Type 2355
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Inflight Event / Encounter Object
Miss Distance	Horizontal 100 Vertical 0

Narrative:

Near fqf 270 radial at 20 DME; FL360; level cruise flight; passed approximately 100 feet from right wing what appeared to be a weather balloon equipped with a 100-150 feet payload tether; payload orange in color. Reported to denver center. They stated previously unreported.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier First Officer reports a NMAC with a weather balloon at FL360 near Denver.

Narrative: Near FQF 270 Radial at 20 DME; FL360; level cruise flight; passed approximately 100 feet from right wing what appeared to be a weather balloon equipped with a 100-150 feet payload tether; payload orange in color. Reported to Denver Center. They stated previously unreported.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Air carrier first officer reports a near midair collision with a weather balloon at FL360 near denver.