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What just happened in sky over Los Angeles?
finny

Posted on 06/19/2005 8:27:21 PM PDT by Finny

About ten minutes ago, Husband in hills behind Brea, between Brea and Chino Hills, spotted in the northwest what looked like something entering the atmosphere. We grabbed binoculars, and it was extremely high altitude, coming in, not going out. Anybody see it? Can probably still spot it further north, as in Pasadena, etc. Grab binocs and look.


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To: TXnMA
Your link is broke but this one works
401 posted on 06/20/2005 8:04:13 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: smonk

Nope, that's the lower limit. I know how high up goes...


402 posted on 06/20/2005 8:06:18 PM PDT by null and void (2¢)
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To: Finny
The source where I copied the Federation of American Scientists (FAS.org) URL had an extra space. Try this:

http://www.fas.org/irp/mystery/aurora.htm

403 posted on 06/20/2005 8:10:03 PM PDT by TXnMA (ATTN, ACLU & NAACP: There's no constitutionally protected right to NOT be offended -- Shove It!)
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To: TXnMA

Thanks! Also, InterceptPoint's link worked. Haven't read all of it, but it looks cool. Wouldn't it be great to go for a ride in one of those things! I love flying. Always have. Love crazy acrobatic flying (what little I've had the pleasure of doing, as a passenger) even better. I guess I just like speed.


404 posted on 06/20/2005 8:12:55 PM PDT by Finny (God continue to Bless President G.W. Bush with wisdom, popularity, safety and success.)
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To: null and void
---I know how high up goes...---

you're sounding a tiny bit like Yoda, y'know.

405 posted on 06/20/2005 8:19:48 PM PDT by smonk
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To: smonk

Like Yoda I sound. ermm...


406 posted on 06/20/2005 8:22:06 PM PDT by null and void (2¢)
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To: Finny
"Yes. Whaddaya think? I know it looks a lot like the pics you've posted of regular ol' jets (if there's any such thing!). Again, husband insists that at such a high altitude as this was, condensation couldn't have existed, and it was way, way too far off to see the glow of afterburners. Is there such thing as an Aurora, and if so, perhaps is this what this was? Also, check Freepmail."

Probability is greatest on the side of an aircraft illuminated by a low-lying sun. The image you saw in your binoculars looks suspiciously like coma aberration for small angle source of light (like a reflective aircraft body). Coma is very likely when you don't look exactly along the optic axis of the binoculars. Since many binoculars have large exit pupils, it is very easy to create this aberration. Likewise, coma aberrations may exist not only in the binoculars, but in the eye itself. You just don't notice it except under special conditions. In other words, you possible saw an image that was distorted by coma and the actual object had a very different appearance. Here is a crude example of coma, but it can also looks very similar to your drawing.

There is no way that altitude can be determined, so to claim it is in the stratosphere is moot. Since you have no idea what the dimensions are, the visual angle of anything you see tells you nothing about true distance. Naive people viewing the planet Venus at sunset or sunrise often believe it to be a flying vehicle near the ground and close to the viewer. Your brain often makes poor decisions about images when there is little information available.
407 posted on 06/20/2005 8:24:12 PM PDT by Kirkwood
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To: Kirkwood
Other coma examples:


408 posted on 06/20/2005 8:31:42 PM PDT by Kirkwood
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To: Kirkwood

Okay. Thanks for the info!


409 posted on 06/20/2005 8:34:58 PM PDT by Finny (God continue to Bless President G.W. Bush with wisdom, popularity, safety and success.)
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To: Kirkwood
Still more coma images. On Left, for "point" sources of light (like sunlight reflected off a distant aircraft). On Right, coma when viewing an extended object (here a Snellen E).

410 posted on 06/20/2005 8:35:48 PM PDT by Kirkwood
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To: Finny

Just another Tequila sunset.


411 posted on 06/20/2005 8:36:50 PM PDT by Ciexyz (Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
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To: Ciexyz
Just another Tequila sunset.

Ha ha! But I don't think so. For one thing, I don't drink! For another, too much air traffic over So Cal not to have a lot of opportunity for comparision as to distance, variety, shapes, perspective, etc. When you see something unusual, you know it.

412 posted on 06/20/2005 11:14:10 PM PDT by Finny (God continue to Bless President G.W. Bush with wisdom, popularity, safety and success.)
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To: atomicweeder
Possibly that Flaming A---- Durbin?

Forgive me...
413 posted on 06/20/2005 11:16:31 PM PDT by Barney59 (Now there's a man with an open mind - you can feel the breeze from here!)
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To: Finny

The only thing impressive I saw in the sky last night was The Man in the Moon. And he looked like a right jolly smiling old soul.


414 posted on 06/21/2005 9:11:53 AM PDT by Ciexyz (Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
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To: Ciexyz
Sounds like a genuine Moonlight Cocktail!

"Couple of jiggers of moonlight, and add a star ..."

415 posted on 06/21/2005 9:29:39 AM PDT by Finny (God continue to Bless President G.W. Bush with wisdom, popularity, safety and success.)
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To: Finny
When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
When you wish upon a star
Your dreams come true.

416 posted on 06/21/2005 9:42:32 AM PDT by Ciexyz (Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
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To: Finny
Good morning.

A stunt to promote the "War of the Worlds" movie?

Michael Frazier
417 posted on 06/21/2005 9:44:41 AM PDT by brazzaville (No surrender,no retreat. Well, maybe retreat's ok)
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418 posted on 10/05/2005 10:04:10 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Sunday, August 14, 2005.)
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419 posted on 10/05/2005 10:06:01 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Sunday, August 14, 2005.)
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