Captain reported sighting an object (either a drone or balloon) close by his aircraft while flying a...

Attributes
ACN	1631802
Time
Date	201903
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZV.VOR
State Reference	IN
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 125 Flight Crew Total 2300 Flight Crew Type 1700
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 0 Vertical 10

Narrative:

Flying level at 15;500 and 220 knots (groundspeed); both pilots observed a black object with a small red payload hanging below. The object was in sight for only a couple seconds before it went above our right wing with about 10 feet of clearance. It is unclear if it was a drone or balloon of some type; but it appeared to be maintaining altitude. The object was reported to ATC.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Captain reported sighting an object (either a drone or balloon) close by his aircraft while flying at 15;500 feet.

Narrative: Flying level at 15;500 and 220 knots (groundspeed); both pilots observed a black object with a small red payload hanging below. The object was in sight for only a couple seconds before it went above our right wing with about 10 feet of clearance. It is unclear if it was a drone or balloon of some type; but it appeared to be maintaining altitude. The object was reported to ATC.

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.