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Lights in the sky
eastforker ^ | 09/27/10 | eastforker

Posted on 09/27/2010 6:31:47 PM PDT by eastforker

Multicolor light to the east of houston, red,blue white,green. Anybody else see it at Houston it about 30 degrees of horizon.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Miscellaneous; UFO's; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: houston; huffman; lights; thedallascowboyswon; ufo
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To: eastforker

Prepare to be beamed up!


41 posted on 09/27/2010 7:12:21 PM PDT by McLynnan
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To: plsvn

Nope, all I see is white in the middle, red on top and blue and green on the bottom. But my poor eyes are shot, thats why I was hoping someone else could see this.


42 posted on 09/27/2010 7:16:21 PM PDT by eastforker (.If you design an idiot proof gadget, society will just build a better idiot!)
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To: labette

..oops...

probably closer to 30 degrees elevation @ 9:00 PM CDT.


43 posted on 09/27/2010 7:16:48 PM PDT by labette ( Humble student of Thinkology)
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To: The Comedian

Humans call that sunset.


44 posted on 09/27/2010 7:18:34 PM PDT by Domangart
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To: labette

Sounds like we’re all seeing the same thing, it’s a beautiful site through the binocs.


45 posted on 09/27/2010 7:18:46 PM PDT by eastforker (.If you design an idiot proof gadget, society will just build a better idiot!)
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To: eastforker
Like I said, saw the same thing about seven months ago, didn’t know what it was then either

Well, Jupiter wouldn't be in that area of the sky that many months ago. I think Saturn was in that general area, but it isn't near as bright as Jupiter.

As a wild guess, without knowing just where in the sky you were looking and in what month, I'd guess Sirius seven months ago. One of the brighter stars, and does have a reputation for appearing to sort of flicker in various colors, particularly when it is closer to the horizon.

46 posted on 09/27/2010 7:20:01 PM PDT by Wissa (Gone Galt)
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To: All

Can we have the “oh no not this sh*t again” guy posted..just for me ? .......please


47 posted on 09/27/2010 7:20:56 PM PDT by sonic109
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To: Wissa

As a matter of fact it was closer to the horizon and now that I think about it, it was probably last december or so.


48 posted on 09/27/2010 7:23:16 PM PDT by eastforker (.If you design an idiot proof gadget, society will just build a better idiot!)
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To: eastforker
all I see is white in the middle, red on top and blue and green on the bottom

As seen through binoculars? This description of red on one end and blue/green on the other sounds like a common optical fault called chromatic aberration. Alot of optics have it to some degree.
49 posted on 09/27/2010 7:23:16 PM PDT by plsvn
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To: plsvn

I see the same colors without the glass but it’s just a blur cuz my eyes are old.


50 posted on 09/27/2010 7:26:18 PM PDT by eastforker (.If you design an idiot proof gadget, society will just build a better idiot!)
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To: eastforker

It was Obama blowing his top.


51 posted on 09/27/2010 7:35:01 PM PDT by crz
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To: eastforker
As a matter of fact it was closer to the horizon and now that I think about it, it was probably last december or so.

Mars was in that general area of the sky last December, but my money would still be on Sirius. Sirius just generally looks bright enough to get a person's attention. Outside of the reddish color, Mars just doesn't say "Look at me!", IMO.

52 posted on 09/27/2010 7:38:19 PM PDT by Wissa (Gone Galt)
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To: All

No one has the “ not this sh*t again “ guys pic?.Awwww come on .


53 posted on 09/27/2010 7:44:12 PM PDT by sonic109
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To: Roscoe Karns

Genius. I’ve missed Lootie.


54 posted on 09/27/2010 7:51:59 PM PDT by Trod Upon (Obama: Making the Carter malaise look good. Misery Index in 3...2...1)
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To: eastforker

I’m looking at millions of tiny lights in the sky. What the heck is going on? Some of them are like, twinkling, others aren’t. Please, I’m desperate, what are these strange lights?
Does anybody else see them?


55 posted on 09/27/2010 7:55:37 PM PDT by cydcharisse (`)
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To: Jack Hammer
Could be the United Nations is setting up their new ambassadorship none too soon.

Oh great, let's get the UN involved. As if we didn't have enough problems, let's add an intersteller war.

56 posted on 09/27/2010 7:57:43 PM PDT by magslinger ('This is a United States Marine Corps FA-18 fighter. Send 'em up, I'll wait!')
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To: cydcharisse

As long as you don’t see a host in the sun, your gonna be OK:>)


57 posted on 09/27/2010 7:59:04 PM PDT by eastforker (.If you design an idiot proof gadget, society will just build a better idiot!)
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To: eastforker
This was a next to nothing observation on my part as compared to most of the observations I've read about here and other places.
I was behind my workshop around 1:00 AM, having the last cigarette of the day (wife won't let me smoke in the house), when I noticed an unusually bright star twinkling in the south, southeast. The first odd thing that attracted my attention was its' brightness (about three times as bright as Venus, maybe a little more).
The sky was crystal clear and there is not very much light pollution (I live in the sticks, thank goodness). This thing was going from white, to blue-white, to super bright blue-white (brighter than a welding arc up close), to nearly fading out and then repeating (this is how I remember the colors [ sure of colors and sequence]).
It was about 30 to 40 degrees off the southern horizon and not moving. I was so entertained by the thing, I fired up another cigarette and debated on opening up my workshop and getting the small telescope (el cheapo I won at a company party, 60 power normal/120 with barlow lens). I use it for long-range target practice, saves a lot of walking to and from target. Thought it could be the landing lights of a plane coming in my direction or a chopper with search lights on. The thing just hung there with no apparent movement.
I finally decided to get off my butt and get the telescope, as I stood up this thing shot to the west as fast as a hauling meteor. I mean from south, southeast to western horizon in a second to maybe a second and a half at most.
If it was a craft, somebody's got the inertia and/or mass thing figured out pretty damn good. No Idea of its' distance or size, just guessing I would say at least 5 to 6 miles away (that's just a wild a$$ guess), viewing duration 2 cigarettes (5 to 9 minutes ???).
This happened in Sept. 2002, so it took me 55 years to finally see something UFO like.
My biggest regret is not going get the scope from the start or going get my wife to come out and have a look. It sure would be nice to have someone who would say "Yep, I saw it to". A lot of people here say "why didn't the witness do this or do that". I can tell them it is very, very easy to be a goof and do nothing constructive as to identifing the object. It just took me too long to finally realize that it probably wasn't a plane or chopper before it flashed to the western horizon. Read the New Orleans paper and the local paper for a week or so to see if anyother person saw it, looks like I was the only "nut" out looking at the sky that night, LOL. But really thinking about it, I didn't report it, why would anybody else report it and take the risk of being called a nut. Over the years have played and replayed this in my mind a bunch, still have no good explanation of what the heck it was.
Anyway that's the "Old" Cajun's account of a light in the sky doing something I think was weird and not easily explainable ;^)
58 posted on 09/27/2010 8:00:30 PM PDT by The Cajun
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To: cydcharisse
I’m looking at millions of tiny lights in the sky. What the heck is going on? Some of them are like, twinkling, others aren’t. Please, I’m desperate, what are these strange lights?

Have you recently had a blow to the head?

59 posted on 09/27/2010 8:00:51 PM PDT by Wissa (Gone Galt)
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To: mplsconservative
Has anyone called their local Planetarium, if they have one in the general area? I had an opportunity to see something in the sky that remained in place for an half-hour. I called the Planetarium in Chicago, and they were very helpful with what it was NOT, i.e. planet, etc. They told me to call back if the sighting continued to remain in the sky. They are a source of info, and unlike the local airport, they will tell it to you straight, at least from my experience.
60 posted on 09/27/2010 8:20:25 PM PDT by itssme
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