Arrived home and noticed object in the sky at around 730 p.M. it was completely dark. had picked up new contacts earlier in the day. observed what i thought was possibly the planet mars in the nnw direction. dark orange to redish type mars color. object was size of aspirin or so at arms length. light was pulsating like a star. i thought i should look to see where mars location should be. was previously thinking it was a good time to look at stars. watched it for several minutes as it pulsated and changed intensity of light. kirtland air force base is in the opposite direction and i’m used to seeing military flights from kafb and civilian flights from albuquerque sunport. doubtful it was from one of these. looked more like a planet. i went back to driveway for a few seconds & came back and it was just gone. no sign of any lights anywhere in the vicinity of previous encounter. very strange and at a loss for words. not the first thing i’ve seen in albuq. it’s a historical area for these types of sightings.