The report said the Airprox board had been of the opinion that the object was unlikely to have been a fixed wing aircraft, helicopter or hot air balloon, given that it had not shown up on radar.
Competitive eating has gone extreme in recent years, with globe-trotting contestants often taking top honors in events like Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4 at Coney Island in New York and Philadelphia's Wing Bowl in February.
Some T-shirts read "Hell's Mensans, " the name of a hard-partying wing of the group that claims to have been founded in a Dayton, Ohio, hot tub in 1988.