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On Feb 18, 3:43 pm, "Jim Z" wrote:
Hi, Anyone with similiar observations ? About 15 years ago, while driving home from work, I could see something I just could not explain. At first glance, it looked like a very large blimp (I've since seen blimps in the area and this was at least fifteen times the linear size of any blimp I've ever seen). I was quickly able to rule out a blimp because it was flexing and undulating in a way that would have quickly brought a blimp to the ground. It was fall, late afternoon, and the sky was overcast, but there was no rain. It changed density, and at times seemed solid dark grey, then partly transparent, at other times completely transparent. A few times it disappeared completely, and I wondered if I had seen anything at all, but then it would be back. I could not imagine how an object that large could just become invisible like that. The changes in density happened in two ways. Sometimes, it would sweep over the object in a wave, and sometimes the whole object would change at once. There were times it seemed to disappear into the clouds, then come back out again. I estimated it's distance when I first saw it at about 5 miles. That estimate did not vary much as I got closer. I was driving towards it. At about a mile from the object, I could see that traffic was slowing - a lot of other people had seen it. I was able to see that it sometimes split into two or more smaller objects that then recombined into a single object. By then, I was truly baffled. Some of the ways it moved reminded me of something I had seen before, but I could not make sense of it. I thought it might be a flock of birds, but there were times it seemed to disappear into a cloud - a rather un- birdlike behavior. When I actually arrived at the object it was almost exactly where I suspected it was. It was an enormous flock of small birds, I woudl estimate tens of thousands of them. When viewed from the right angle, the silouette of the birds made them almost invisible, but at other angles, they were dark black objects against a grey sky. In the high density of this flock (combined with distance), they would visually merge into a "single object" that easily fooled my brain for several minutes. Austin |
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BSG is a Sci-fi t,v,show, the plane is from a comapny that has used it with
a dop launched rocket to put small payloads into orbit and they have worked with NASA too, I've seen their plane flaying past my home as I'm in a flight pathway to Edwards. And as far as the show goes, the newer bsg sucks, I'll stick with the 1970's show. -- There are those who believe that life here, began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans, who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. Some believe that they may yet be brothers of man, who even now fight to survive, somewhere beyond the heavens. The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Sidewalk Astronomy www.sidewalkastronomy.info The Church of Eternity http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html "Pat O'Connell" wrote in message . .. George wrote: "Starlord" wrote in message . .. As I live just about 60 miles from VBAFB, I get to watch anything they launch, only time I don't see it is if they do a drop launch from Orbial's special plane. -- There are those who believe that life here, began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans, who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. Some believe that they may yet be brothers of man, who even now fight to survive, somewhere beyond the heavens. No offense, Starlord, but your sig reads like an intro to Stargate SG-1. And we all know that that is fiction, right? Actually, it's from the original Battlestar Galactica, if I remember correctly. Maybe the new one too, as I haven't seen much of it. -- Pat O'Connell [note munged EMail address] Take nothing but pictures, Leave nothing but footprints, Kill nothing but vandals... |
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Super high flying jet, no stat would do that, to make a 90degs turn towuld
tear it apart. -- There are those who believe that life here, began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans, who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. Some believe that they may yet be brothers of man, who even now fight to survive, somewhere beyond the heavens. The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Sidewalk Astronomy www.sidewalkastronomy.info The Church of Eternity http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html "dogman" wrote in message ups.com... On Feb 18, 4:43 pm, "Jim Z" wrote: Hi, This is a question for seasoned observers regarding UFO's. NOT sci-fi alien encounters and all that junk, rather strange objects you have seen with no reasonable identification. Hence unidentified. But have other plausable causes. I have had two strange observations in my years as an amateur, both of which were resolved. The first instance was a V formation of pale white objects going directly over my house when I was around 13 years old just after dusk. For years I cound not explain what I had seen, until about 20 years later. I observed the same sort of formation. This time, however, there was still enough daylight to identify the formation as the underside of canadian geese. I suspect that years ago I saw the same thing only a nearby parking lot provided good night time illumniation. My second observation was a formation of three objects moving very quickly through my binoculars while observing. They were satellite type objects, but I had never seen any fly in formation. A quick check on the internet identifed them as a Navy tethered satellite array called NOSS. Really freaked me out at the time. Anyone with similiar observations ? Jim About a year ago I went outside at my job at the time near Atlanta Georgia around 5am or so looking up at the stars and getting close to sunrise I would frequently see satalites. That morning I saw a satalite going from south to north and watched it for several seconds it then made a sharp 90' turn to the east like a pool ball banking off a rail, I still don't have an explanation for it. |
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Starlord,
The "New" Battlestar Galactica does not contain the quote nor the old music |
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In article . com, Ed wrote:
Starlord, The "New" Battlestar Galactica does not contain the quote nor the old music Apart from a very short rendition in the first episode, during the Viper flyby. Jim -- Find me at http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk Please help to bring two classic works of whisky literature back into print by visiting http://www.ClassicExpressions.co.uk Thank you. "The deil's awa, the deil's awa, the deil's awa wi' th' Exciseman." |
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Super high flying jet, no stat would do that, to make a 90degs turn towuld tear it apart. Unless it had inertial dampeners... Errol |
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On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 21:43:34 GMT, "Jim Z" wrote:
Anyone with similiar observations ? I was driving once out in the desert, near Barstow, CA IIRC, and I saw what appeared to be a classic flying saucer flying off to my left, not too far away, approximately paralleling the highway. It was astonishing, and held up to close scrutiny. I pulled over so I could watch it without the distraction of driving, and its true nature became suddenly clear. I was seeing a large saucer shaped structure attached to a high tension power line (for wind stability, I'd guess). The power line was against the mountains, and was nearly invisible. At its distance from the highway, maybe a few hundred meters, all that could be easily seen was the saucer. While driving, the saucer changed position with respect to the mountains, and without a good distance reference, my brain told me that it was farther, bigger, and faster- certainly not fixed with respect to the ground. It was a powerful illusion. It made me appreciate how people are fooled by ordinary things into thinking they are seeing UFOs of the alien variety (especially people less inclined to carefully investigate what they are seeing). _________________________________________________ Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com |
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"Jim Z" wrote in message
. net... Hi, This is a question for seasoned observers regarding UFO's. NOT sci-fi alien encounters and all that junk, rather strange objects you have seen with no reasonable identification. Hence unidentified. But have other plausable causes. I have had two strange observations in my years as an amateur, both of which were resolved. [snip] Anyone with similiar observations ? I have seen a strange phenomenon only once when I was vacationing off Crete when I was 18. I was sweeping the skies with my dad's 8x32 Zeiss binos, when I saw a triangular formation of lights inside my field of view in the constellation Lyra. It was three starlike lights, a white a green and a red, arranged at the verices of a tiny equilateral triangle. Initially the formation was motionless relative to my field of vew. It resolved into a triangular formation only under 8x. Naked eye it was only a star-like single light, around magnitude 3-4, so I figured it was probably accidental that I picked it up using the binos, otherwise it could easily be mistaken for a regular star. I pinpointed the location without my binos and it was at about 60-70 degrees from the northern horizon. After about 10 minutes from my first spotting it, it started moving with constant speed towards the horizon. I tracked it with the binos and saw it cruise past some familar constellations, with a constant speed of a regular earth satelite. After about 5 minutes of cruising at constant speed, I started observing it naked eye again to see how fast it was moving against the stars. Then it suddently increased its speed and zoomed over down to the northern horizon at some ridiculously high speed, like that of a fireball. It covered the distance from 50 degrees north to disappearing below the horizon in less than 1-2 seconds. Its last fast movement I caught naked eye, since it was moving so fast I could not possibly track it using binos. Here's the object's speed relative to time: first 10 minutes: stationary, in constellation of Lyra. next 5 minutes: common earth satelite velocity. next 1-2 seconds: 50 degrees in 1-2 seconds, disappearing in the horizon. I have no idea what it was, then or now. Jim -- I.N. Galidakis http://ioannis.virtualcomposer2000.com/ |
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