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Re: Aliens ?

Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 1:08 am
by Phil
might have been the ghost light from cars the movie

Re: Aliens ?

Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 7:31 am
by blacktown
Slow moving meteors in low earth orbit are known to do this, particularly during early morning hours when they are coming headlong at the earth
The other candidate is the Motorola iridium satellites, reflecting sunlight over a number of seconds- often much brighter than Venus. These events can be predicted.
Suspect it is more likely to be the first one

Grant

Re: Aliens ?

Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 10:00 am
by Spectre
First time I've ever heard of such a thing (with the exception of Vicpol's helicopter and high powered HID spotlight) :wink:


Interesting phenomenon... Satellite flare/glint or Iridium flare - Wikipedia

Re: Aliens ?

Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 12:37 pm
by SteveO
If you want to work out when you can see Iridium Flares or the ISS or other interesting stuff check out this site.. http://heavens-above.com/

Re: Aliens ?

Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 6:39 pm
by Scannersplitterguy
I think this guy knows what it was.....

Re: Aliens ?

Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 10:18 pm
by vkcpolice
wow same thing has happened to me at a mates house it was creepy as hell. then blue flashing lights in the sky with not a cloud in sight creeped me out for a while