A hot air balloon made an unexpected emergency landing in the backyard of a home in Menifee, California, on Saturday.
Maryam Dandan, who lives in the Southern California city, watched as the vivid blue balloon—adorned with gold stars and a crescent moon—descended toward the property.
Dandan said her husband was the first to spot the unusual sight in the sky.
“I was in this room, and my husband came in, looked out this window and said, ‘Oh, my gosh. Look at the hot air balloon,’” Dandan told ABC 7.
From the ground, Dandan believed the balloon was being forced to land after sustaining damage.
“It looked like it was an emergency landing. And when we got closer, the hot air balloon looked like it might have had some kind of tear,” she said.
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Authorities have not released details about the balloon’s operator, and it remains unclear how many passengers were aboard when the landing took place.
The incident is not the first emergency balloon landing reported in California this year. In April, a balloon with a similar appearance came down in the backyard of a home in nearby Temecula.
Thirteen people were aboard that balloon, including Brianna Avalos and her husband, who were marking their 10th wedding anniversary.
Avalos said the pilot told passengers that low fuel and changing wind conditions had made an emergency landing necessary.
Once everyone had left the basket in the Temecula backyard, the pilot lifted off again and landed the balloon nearby on a public street. The balloon was later dismantled there, according to PBS.
