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04/29/2005 09:24:34 PM · #1 |
I was just outside and noticed what appeared to be 3 stars clustered very close together... caught my eye because I've never seen them before... I continued to watch them and noticed the 2 lower right stars moving ever so slowly... well it wasnt 10 seconds later the 2 lower objects started to glow really bright then faded away.... well I continued to watch the higher of the 3 to the left and it began moving upward and getting faint (harder to see) next it explodes and takes on the shape of a reflection, somewhat looks like an eye but ringed outwardly... then twinkles and you could see fragments falling very briefly but the ring/explosion remained for about another 20 seconds or so.... went right in to see if it was a launch and maybe it would be on the news.... no word as to what this was.. I tried to draw it out in the pic below
Message edited by author 2005-04-29 21:24:49. |
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04/29/2005 09:29:59 PM · #2 |
An abandoned satellite entering the atmosphere maybe?
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04/29/2005 09:32:02 PM · #3 |
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04/29/2005 09:32:50 PM · #4 |
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04/29/2005 09:34:57 PM · #5 |
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04/29/2005 09:35:09 PM · #6 |
| thats pretty much how I saw it... strikes me funny too. |
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04/29/2005 09:36:18 PM · #7 |
yeh right, the first one looks like pong
Message edited by author 2005-04-29 21:36:54.
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04/29/2005 09:36:52 PM · #8 |
Appears to be a nova or pulsar that has exploded.
Then again, maybe we shot down one of those dang asteroids about to crash into Earth.
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04/29/2005 09:39:18 PM · #9 |
That picture looks similar to some kind of missile test. I used to be in the Navy, and that is exactly what we would see after sending up a clone and then firing on it.
I can't really say that is what it exactly was, but your picture definitely fits the description.
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04/29/2005 10:51:47 PM · #10 |
| I'm in South Carolina, and I happened to see it, too. I didn't see three lights, I saw one at first, but it seemed to have a glowing wake, so I shielded my eyes from the streetlights to take a better look, then saw a brilliant flash, like one of those fireworks that explodes into hundreds of "streamers". After that, I could discern two lights traveling approximately the same direction, but the trailing light was slightly slower. I watched them for a good five or ten minutes, and I could still see them fairly well. Couldn't estimate the altitude, since I don't know what it was, but if the apparent movement was any indication, they were really a ways up there. If anyone figures this out, I'd be interested to know what it was. |
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04/29/2005 10:54:58 PM · #11 |
| Finally the mother ship has come to take me home. If you see them again please tell them I'm in PA....lol. |
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04/29/2005 10:57:49 PM · #12 |
Wow! That is awesome. I'm curious what it is, too!
Write NASA? lol
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04/29/2005 10:58:44 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by Arcanist:
Appears to be a nova or pulsar that has exploded.
Then again, maybe we shot down one of those dang asteroids about to crash into Earth. |
it couldn't be eighter of those two and leave debree falling my gess is although sometimes u hear a plan (military jet) u can sometimes spot them based on the reflection of sun light off them high in the atomsphere. I bet it was some kind test as vince31874 sugested possibly to fighter planes and a dummy that was set to be destoried.......but i would not know for sure.......the 1 thing i can say for sure is that it WAS NOT ANYTHING ASTORLOGICAL...........
the only thing i could have been then would be a moon or sun dog but those are very clear and only appear aroung the sun or moon +not debree
_brando_
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04/29/2005 10:59:40 PM · #14 |
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04/29/2005 11:03:08 PM · #15 |
Laurie, thank you! That would have bugged me all night. :-)
Beautiful rings on #4, btw!
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04/29/2005 11:09:03 PM · #16 |
| Yes! Thank you! Butterfly, I'd be in the same boat. I've been sitting here thinking about it while I was watching TV, wondering what it could have been. Now I feel special because I witnessed a piece of space exploration history... |
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04/29/2005 11:11:27 PM · #17 |
It's a cover up I tell you.........they are trying to lull you into a false sense of security. Run,,,,,,,, run for your lives......the aliens are invading us......... :O)
Ray |
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04/29/2005 11:15:05 PM · #18 |
Darn I missed that... would of loved viewing it from a telescope.... wonder if they will do anything like that again?
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04/29/2005 11:54:40 PM · #19 |
I wonder what "classified military payload" they were sending up there and for what purpose.
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04/29/2005 11:55:48 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by Olyuzi:
I wonder what "classified military payload" they were sending up there and for what purpose. |
Oh that's where all the trolls are sent for voting 1's and 2's!! |
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04/30/2005 01:47:18 AM · #21 |
See, we at dpc really do have a lot of pull . . .
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04/30/2005 03:17:53 AM · #22 |
Originally posted by tolovemoon:
Darn I missed that... would of loved viewing it from a telescope.... wonder if they will do anything like that again? |
The headline on the CNN article should answer your question.
-Terry
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04/30/2005 07:51:42 AM · #23 |
| that must be what the 2 lower lights were , probably the 2 solid rocket boosters detaching then the larger one was the Titan making tracks then dropping its rocket would explain the bursts of light etc... |
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04/30/2005 08:15:15 AM · #24 |
Originally posted by ClubJuggle:
The headline on the CNN article should answer your question.
-Terry |
I cannot be verified until it shows on FOX NEWS
- Ryan |
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04/30/2005 09:10:40 AM · #25 |
I don't trust CNN either. I did check for corroborating stories but did not post them since they didn't add significant new information.
If you like, here is a brief list of corroborating news sources.
-Terry
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