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Source: Heart Of Asia - Nicholas Roerich (https://archive.org/details/heartofasia0000nich/page/86/mode/2up)

An intriguing account in HEART OF ASIA (p. 149) by the explorer Nicholas Roerich, a book published in the late 20s:

Nicholas Roerich was on an expedition in the Himalayas:

A sunny, unclouded morning—the blue sky is brilliant. Over our camp flies a huge, dark vulture. Our Mongols and we watch it. Suddenly one of the Buriat lamas points into the blue sky:

“What is that? A white balloon? An aéroplane?”’

We notice something shiny, flying very high, from the northeast to the south. We bring three powerful field glasses from the tents and watch the huge spheroid body shining against the sun, clearly visible against the blue sky and moving very fast.

Afterwards we see that it sharply changes its direction from south to southwest and disappears behind the snow-peaked Humboldt chain. The whole camp follows the unusual apparition and the lamas whisper: “The Sign of Shambhala!”