Considering the shock of discovering a Balrog in Moria, I don't think that was ever considered.
Some other sorceror of human (or maybe even Elvish, but I find that almost impossible) origin might have been a possibility.
I think they must have assumed Nazgul from the beginning and only thought "Sauron" later on down the road.
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