Unusual Object Seen in Sky Tonight (vanity)

self | 01-28-20111 | self

[ironwill333]

Irregular sky object seen Saturday night.

[humblegunner]

NASA has close-up photos of Uranus.

[Bon mots]

If Mars were the size of a raisin, Uranus would be the size of a watermelon.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Natalie recommends Black Swan tissue for Uranus.

[Kirkwood]

Sternschwankung. It is a well-known illusion where a star appears to have random motions.

[JaguarXKE]

If Mars were the size of a raisin, Uranus would be the size of a watermelon.

Depends.

[winodog]

Ping Quix. He will have some comments and questions.

[JaguarXKE]

My goodness, it looks like she's visited Uranus...at least up to her elbow!

[Kirkwood]

Here is a description of sternschwankung:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autokinetic_effect

[Ditter]

We saw something similar in south Texas while deer hunting years ago. Several stars seemed to be moving around in irregular circles. they weren't going anywhere just moving around. Never heard a word about it so we figured it was just a strange light phenomenon.

[BenLurkin]

Set your Beeber for Stune.

[jjr153]

The picture is a still from the movie “Independence Day” made in 1994 when the Towers were still standing. Also, I think that seeing the World Trade Center every so often serves as a reminder of what we lost, and what we suffered on 9/11. I agree that it has taken far too long to replace the towers. They should have been replaced 5 yrs. ago.

[jjr153]

Great post, please keep us updated with the outcome of your first grader.

[mirkwood]

[dfwgator]

If the first thing you notice is the UFO, you are gay.

[Quix]

Will check it out in a bit. Some other FR chores first.

[mowowie]

around 1986 or so two of my buddies came back from catfishing claiming they both saw a triangle shaped UFO. They were both convinced of it.
At the time i was like yea yea.
Around a week later i was talking to another friend that did not know the other two.
He was also ranting about a UFO he saw the same night.

At that point things were getting a little strange....

About your sighting, Around 2000 or so i was on a foggy dark beach on Cape Cod.
I tied 3 mini green light stick to the bottom of my kite and launched it into the fog.
It looked like a glowing green glob hovering around up there.
The next morning at the hotel breakfast everybody was talking about the green UFO they saw the night before.
lol

[Quix]

MHG

did you see anything?

[SunkenCiv]

...every 10 - 15 seconds it would move jerkily in a seemingly random direction.

That often describes online forums. ;') Welcome to FR.

[JoeProBono]

[The Cajun]

After long study, I believe I’ve been able to positively identify 2 objects in that picture and their propulsion mechanism :^)