Thoughts on UFO's??

Rachel · #1 07-03-2009

No Tracey, this was 20 years ago. And I was looking at it directly overhead. I see sattelites all the time in my stargazing and it was no sattelite.

violet lightning · #2 07-21-2009

Here is a strange incident from a few months back. I was outside at around 10:00 pm stargazing. I saw a satellite and followed it till it disappeared on the horizon. I kept looking and then saw a shooting star, then about 5 minutes later I saw another satellite traveling east to west, and began to follow it. After traveling for several seconds across the sky, it passed (presumably) in front of a stationary star(?) and at that exact second, it disappeared in mid flight! (like it "merged" with the star) It was clear, and the stars and satellites were bright and easy to follow. I couldn't really believe what I had just seen, and continued to stay fixed on the star where the satellite disappeared. It never emerged, and the only explanation I could think of, is that the satellite shifted position enough to stop the light reflecting off it,(which I haven't actually seen happen) and it just happened to occur at the exact millisecond that my eyes saw it pass behind or in front of the star. (or maybe it was a mothership?) If it were a jet, it would have had to do an instant 90 degree turn in the space behind the star, and head due north away from me continuing behind the star to appear to me like it had vanished..
Could also be a piece of illuminated space junk hitting another piece, causing it to disintegrate and disappear, but the "star" did seem to be stationary, as I watched it for several minutes, so it likely was not space junk or even necessarily in orbit. If it was a star, how could a satellite appear to vanish at the exact moment that it crossed paths with a tiny dot like a star? And why would a satellite vanish in mid-flight like that? I've tracked dozens and dozens and they have all been pretty steady, usually fading out only as they cross the horizon.
Another possibility is, it was not a satellite or an aircraft, but something else. Same thing with the "star". It looked like a star, but was it?
(this was, by my judgement, at very high altitude, low or high orbit or beyond)
I'm not drawing any conclusions other than its one of the strangest things I've seen.

Jenae LaTorque · #3 07-22-2009

Probably just a scout ship from the alien moon base picking up a recording from a geosynchrous spy satelite. Nothing to worry about, just don't talk about it too much.

Jenae LaTorque · #4 07-22-2009

Seriously, don't that just beat all! I tell ya, I do believe there are somethings out there. Just to much evidence pointing in that direction and I don't blame them one bit for not coming down to talk to us. Just think how the religious crackpots would react. Thanks for the experiance Violet. Luv, Jenae

transjen · #5 07-22-2009

I've seen strange lights in the Jersey sky before on Jacksonvile road was it a UFO? Who knows? But like BIGFOOT,THE JERSEY DEVIL,UFOS there are those that believe and there are those who say it's all BS, I guess i'm in the middle i'm not saying yes nor am i saying no i'm saying i have no idea but i will say that the chances of UFOS is better then BIGFOOT or THE JERSEY DEVIL, for those who don't believe they will keep that opion till they are taken aboard and have a probe jamed up there A** and even then they will still say there is no such thing

Jerseygirl Jen

tslust · #6 07-22-2009

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Originally Posted by violet lightning

Here is a strange incident from a few months back. I was outside at around 10:00 pm stargazing. I saw a satellite and followed it till it disappeared on the horizon. I kept looking and then saw a shooting star, then about 5 minutes later I saw another satellite traveling east to west, and began to follow it. After traveling for several seconds across the sky, it passed (presumably) in front of a stationary star(?) and at that exact second, it disappeared in mid flight! (like it "merged" with the star) It was clear, and the stars and satellites were bright and easy to follow. I couldn't really believe what I had just seen, and continued to stay fixed on the star where the satellite disappeared. It never emerged, and the only explanation I could think of, is that the satellite shifted position enough to stop the light reflecting off it,(which I haven't actually seen happen) and it just happened to occur at the exact millisecond that my eyes saw it pass behind or in front of the star. (or maybe it was a mothership?) If it were a jet, it would have had to do an instant 90 degree turn in the space behind the star, and head due north away from me continuing behind the star to appear to me like it had vanished..
Could also be a piece of illuminated space junk hitting another piece, causing it to disintegrate and disappear, but the "star" did seem to be stationary, as I watched it for several minutes, so it likely was not space junk or even necessarily in orbit. If it was a star, how could a satellite appear to vanish at the exact moment that it crossed paths with a tiny dot like a star? And why would a satellite vanish in mid-flight like that? I've tracked dozens and dozens and they have all been pretty steady, usually fading out only as they cross the horizon.
Another possibility is, it was not a satellite or an aircraft, but something else. Same thing with the "star". It looked like a star, but was it?
(this was, by my judgement, at very high altitude, low or high orbit or beyond)
I'm not drawing any conclusions other than its one of the strangest things I've seen.

that's interesting

onefunkndesi · #7 07-22-2009

or at least I think I did when I was a young boy flying my kite in the park. It was super fast though.

violet lightning · #8 07-22-2009

I'm skeptical about sightings in general, not that people see something, just that most probably have a rational (and boring) explanation. Things like Bigfoot, and the chupacabra, if they exist, are likely an aberation of something already in existence, (like a wildman, or "sub-human", in Sasquatch's case, and a feral dog or similar in the case of the chupacabra)
I think Nessie is a complete myth, probably one of the early tourist attractions, but of course quite fun to believe in or hope for.... but outer space is alot bigger than Loch Ness, and theres no telling whats floating around out there, and what (or who) is trolling the space around Earth, and who, (if anyone) might be checking us out.
So far, one of the best arguments about scientific evidence versus UFOs comes from one of the astronomers involved with the Very Large Array (VLA) and other projects involved in listening to signals from space. One said something like: "Do you really think we would be investing all this time, money and energy on listening for signals if we thought there was any credible scientific evidence that we were already being visited by extraterrestrials? Our work would be instantly obsolete."
I gotta admit he had a pretty good point.

Jenae LaTorque · #9 07-23-2009

Perhaps he just isn't one in the know. Can't remember where I read this but it quoted the guy who was head of the radar department for NASA during the Apollo Missions; he said everyone of those flights was followed by UFOs.

Marine_N41_432 · #10 07-23-2009

Quite clearly some phenomenon is going on. Thing about us humans, we have an irritating way of inventing explanations to suit ourselves and our experiences / beliefs. Sure, I've had one experience myself of a UFO for which I could conceive no rational explanation, but I have to leave it at that.

Korean War pilots have documented reports on Foo Fighters, as also have RAF fighter patrols in Britain. And even the grand old English ' Coppers ' have had some sightings.

As for explanations ? Well, gravity-disturbing mascons just under the surface crust of the moon would certainly interfere with lines of sight on satellites or space junk, or, for that matter any stellar object. I'm not saying that this is always the explanation, butit might explain one or two sightings.
UFOs off North Island in New Zealand appear to be accounted for by massive quartzite deposits reating loose static charges running around.

And so the speculation goes on and on.

Meantime I just draw on my nice cool beer, and smile -