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Is this some alien death ray?
My own eyes | 10/24/11 | Gary

Posted on 10/24/2011 7:01:00 PM PDT by ggraziano

I just saw something unusual in the night sky, and was wondering if anyone knows what this is/what caused it. This was observed at about 9:30 PM above the Ithaca, NY area. There were several long, wide areas of pale red light (perhaps something to do with light clouds??). They had a NW/SE orientation, and appeared to be drifting in an east to west direction. The sun had been down for about 3 hours, and there wasn't any moon. I've lived here for 45 years and never seen it before. It was quite pretty, but puzzling!


TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: deathray
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1 posted on 10/24/2011 7:01:09 PM PDT by ggraziano
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To: ggraziano

Chinese missiles, just like the one on the West Coast.


2 posted on 10/24/2011 7:02:45 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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Magnetic Storm?? I believe I read somewhere earlier that a Coronal Mass Ejection from the Sun hit our magnetic field earlier today. I'm not a scientist, but if what I read is true, could be related..??
3 posted on 10/24/2011 7:04:19 PM PDT by skully (I don't need no steenking tagline!!)
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To: ggraziano

Sounds like an aurora. There is activity tonight.

http://spaceweather.com/


4 posted on 10/24/2011 7:04:51 PM PDT by CtBigPat (Free Republic - The grown-ups table of the internet.)
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To: ggraziano; SunkenCiv

It’s the Aurora Borealis. I just saw it, too, from over 9,000 feet on the Rockies. Where it’s not as strong as on the Arctic, it’ll appear red or red, white, etc.


5 posted on 10/24/2011 7:05:00 PM PDT by familyop ("Dry land is not just our destination, it is our destiny!" --Deacon character, "Waterworld")
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To: ggraziano

Are you logged in?


6 posted on 10/24/2011 7:05:08 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all......)
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To: ggraziano

Northern lights maybe.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2797367/posts


7 posted on 10/24/2011 7:05:32 PM PDT by cripplecreek (A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
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To: 1rudeboy

It doesn’t sound like any death ray I’m familiar with.


8 posted on 10/24/2011 7:06:24 PM PDT by HectorOne
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To: CtBigPat

That’s what I was thinking. too. I think there is supposed to be a huge display from earlier reports.


9 posted on 10/24/2011 7:09:19 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (A MUST WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KeOLurcQaqI)
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To: ggraziano

Even though we’re not seeing ejections as strong as those around eight years ago, our magnetic poles are shifting, allowing radiation to get through more easily.


10 posted on 10/24/2011 7:09:48 PM PDT by familyop ("Dry land is not just our destination, it is our destiny!" --Deacon character, "Waterworld")
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My guess is aurora borealis. Creepy but cool.
11 posted on 10/24/2011 7:10:19 PM PDT by 50cal Smokepole (Effective gun control involves effective recoil management.)
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To: HectorOne

Me neither. The ones I work with are either purple or blue hued.


12 posted on 10/24/2011 7:11:32 PM PDT by abishai
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To: ggraziano

You mean I missed you? Drat!


13 posted on 10/24/2011 7:11:33 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it. (plagiarized))
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To: skully

I read that, too - a CME which depressed earth’s magnetic field for a short while ... it’s supposed to be at maximum around midnight.


14 posted on 10/24/2011 7:12:05 PM PDT by Ken522
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To: HectorOne

Unless it’s the Raelians . . . can’t trust ‘em.


15 posted on 10/24/2011 7:13:17 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: SERKIT

I’m thinking somebodys beeber got stuned.


16 posted on 10/24/2011 7:13:17 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Never play poker with the plumber at Buckingham Palace. He's got a Royal Flush.)
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To: ggraziano

About the pole shift, it can allow for much colder weather fluctuations in the near future.

http://www.earth-issues.com/tag/north-magnetic-pole/


17 posted on 10/24/2011 7:18:34 PM PDT by familyop ("Dry land is not just our destination, it is our destiny!" --Deacon character, "Waterworld")
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To: ggraziano
Was something like this at the other end?


18 posted on 10/24/2011 7:19:34 PM PDT by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com/)
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19 posted on 10/24/2011 7:20:57 PM PDT by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: ggraziano

aurora borealis


20 posted on 10/24/2011 7:22:13 PM PDT by aruanan
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