"The flash of light you saw in the sky was not a UFO. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus."
Posted on 03/23/2013 8:36:32 PM PDT by CapnJack
Did anybody else here happen to be looking into the north sky and see a star get really bright and then just wink out???
I was standing on my back deck having a cigar and looking up at the north by northeast sky and was looking at a patch of sky (the night sky is very clear tonight here in NH) and saw a star twinkle for a second or two, then it got really bright, brighter than any other star out tonight. Then it just winked out and was gone.
If you looked up and find the Big Dipper and and draw a line between the last star on the handle and the North Star, then go to the 1/2 point on the line and then go down about 1/3 the distance of the line on a 90 degree angle ... that is where the star was.
Just wondering if anyone else just happend to be looking up at the sky tonight.
"The flash of light you saw in the sky was not a UFO. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus."
Only heard about the east coast meteor; if a meteor flies over fly over country, it just ain't considered news.
They never mentioned yours even here in SD; what lake did it splash into?
>”I can see Romulus from my house”<
From the “Porch” on your House I assume.
Does Tina Fey know about this?
On a related note, I can see Uranus on my TV every time Obama is making a Speech.
Of course we’re engaged! That’s why we’re 600,000,000 miles off course, and getting farther off course by the minute!
Oh Wally! Oh Wally! Oh Wally! Oh Wally!
You can’t do that in here, this is a broom closet!
But we’re engaged!
Well, disengage and report back to duty...
May be wrong (I’m going from memory here), but I think the supernova that generated the Crab Nebula was observed and recorded by Chinese astronomers.
Our back pasture is on a nearby airport landing glide path. Sometimes a landing plane coming straight at you can appear stationary for a bit of time. Have even seen them turn landing light on and off during approach, which will get your attention.
Opinion on original question, I suspect it was a satellite reflection. Depending on its position in relation to western horizon sunlight obstructing landmarks. It would be far out to see a star go Nova, but as another poster noted that takes place over several days, not seconds.
OH! Wally; yes, WALLY. I thought you meant the warp drive was still engaged, which is really obvious since we’re now 140,000,000,000 miles off course....
Take off the Google glasses.
The flying pig was making the jump into hyperspace.
I did not see what you saw. But, I have seen the same sort of thing while using a telescope. My friend and I were both looking at the same target star and a star in the field of view became very bright and went dim and disappeared in an instant.
We both said “did you see that?” at the same time.
Pretty cool.
If you were in NH, it was probably Romney that you saw for a brief second.
Congress of Wonders strikes again...
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They were a wonder, alright; and even more entertaining than Congress.
side note: I had a nightmare thought the other day, after seeing a piece of a schlock trailer: a Terminator built out of Replicators.
Desperately looking for tin foil, LOL.
heh heh heh
I can't hear you, have the tin foil wrapped tight with rubber bands holding it in place........So there :)
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