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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



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04/29/2005 09:29:59 PM · #2
An abandoned satellite entering the atmosphere maybe?
04/29/2005 09:32:02 PM · #3
Duh. It's UFOs!
04/29/2005 09:32:50 PM · #4
4 is pretty funky.
04/29/2005 09:34:57 PM · #5
E.T. phoning home.
04/29/2005 09:35:09 PM · #6
thats pretty much how I saw it... strikes me funny too.
04/29/2005 09:36:18 PM · #7
yeh right, the first one looks like pong

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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.
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.
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.
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.
04/29/2005 10:57:49 PM · #12
Wow! That is awesome. I'm curious what it is, too!

Write NASA? lol
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_

04/29/2005 10:59:40 PM · #14
From CNN's website... the last Titan rocket was fired tonight.
04/29/2005 11:03:08 PM · #15
Laurie, thank you! That would have bugged me all night. :-)

Beautiful rings on #4, btw!
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...
04/29/2005 11:11:27 PM · #17
Originally posted by laurielblack:

From CNN's website... the last Titan rocket was fired tonight.


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
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?
04/29/2005 11:54:40 PM · #19
I wonder what "classified military payload" they were sending up there and for what purpose.

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!!
04/30/2005 01:47:18 AM · #21
See, we at dpc really do have a lot of pull . . .
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
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...
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
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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