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Weird Flashes in the sky 20/5/10

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  • 21-05-2010 12:28am
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    Iancar29
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    JUst bac in from relaxin outside lookin up at the sky for awhile.
    I seen some odd big flashes in the sky which i couldnt figure what they wer.
    They werent planes or anything as they only seem to happen every few minutes and that i couldntnt see a red flash after each one.
    Any1 to hav a guess to what they could hav been?


    But ye ... was perculiar but exciting.

    Seen quite a few nice shootin stars also.


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    DEVEREUX
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    have you been at the sherry again?


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    thecommander
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    Lightning high up in sky or far away?


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    Calibos
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    If they were only as bright as the average star then they were run of the mill satellites. If they were as bright as the planet Venus which is shining brightly in the west after the setting sun at the moment, then they were likely Iridium Satellites. Go to Heavens-above.com and input your town and click on Iridium Sats. It'll give times for tonight and you can see if its the same thing you saw the other night. Some have been known to set their stopwatch for the next Iridium flare and call the girlfriend out and tell her you love here so much you've decided to make a new star for her. Click you fingers at the appropriate time and boom. Mad bright 'Star' appears in the sky for a few seconds for her. :D


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    Iancar29
    Registered Users Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    Calibos wrote: »
    If they were only as bright as the average star then they were run of the mill satellites. If they were as bright as the planet Venus which is shining brightly in the west after the setting sun at the moment, then they were likely Iridium Satellites. Go to Heavens-above.com and input your town and click on Iridium Sats. It'll give times for tonight and you can see if its the same thing you saw the other night. Some have been known to set their stopwatch for the next Iridium flare and call the girlfriend out and tell her you love here so much you've decided to make a new star for her. Click you fingers at the appropriate time and boom. Mad bright 'Star' appears in the sky for a few seconds for her. :D

    Iridium Flare?... now thats new to me, for ahwile i thought it was just my eyes adjusting to the low light and somehow im seein a flash from another stare. But ye ill do that and see tonight if they wer similar.
    Thanks pal.


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    Iancar29
    Registered Users Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    thecommander wrote: »
    Lightning high up in sky or far away?

    Na man... it was like the stobe lights that do be on planes and helicopters. But it only happened once or twice in different spots over the course of a half hour or so.
    So they definitely werent planes or helicopters.


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    CaraFawn
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    I see red stuffs in the sky too I am trying to catch them I have camera and video camera all the time next to me now when I go out for a smoke...:o


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