Sky was very clear. Another person tagged someone else saying "I told you I wasn't crazy and say {sic} a green light last night. Im currently camping in Queenstown, NZ. Im stoked I finally found this topic and forum! Any photos or video shots taken? I stayed out for another 10 min or so and saw nothing else. That makes some sense with what is observed, but Im not sure the really bright flashes could be explained with concentrated photons. Maybe 3 minutes later I was looking almost dead N when not as bright and again just to the left of my direct line of sight and simultaneously to the extreme right of my peripheral vision a flash. Although the green flash in the video above makes this seem alien-like or something straight out of the new "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" trailer, it appears to just be a meteor. My opinion. I see these too. As many commenters have noted, they dont behave like satellites. Usually they move away from the lazer beam, but sometimes they move towards the beam and sometimes they vanish completely. Usually its a round type flash I see but this morning it was a cigar shaped flash and HUGE. Sometimes looks like a camera flash going off extremely bright, even on clear nights, other times like tonight just a pale flash that reflects off the clouds and occasionally even lights up or reflects off surrounding surfaces like a tree or house roof. When I record a flash I always check on Stellarium (planetarium software) to see if there were any known satellites at the spot of the flash during the time recorded. And. I dont see them as tightly grouped. I think I saw something similar about three years back when camping just outside of Newcastle in Aus as well. I live in the Pilbara of Western Australia, Ive got other unexplained lights that go for hours out here where we live pretty far from any major towns. As local resident Leigh Stevens looked on, a strange green light accompanied by an equally unexplained sound flashed bright across the sky. Sometimes there will be two or three in a row in the same spot. Something went wrong while submitting the form. Prior to this in the same week I saw what could have been a tumbling satellite as the flashes were uniform and following a constant trajectory. I like to spot satellites on our evening walk so Im often walking with my head pointing up at the stars. For a number of years now I have been using a Watec 902H low light CCTV camera for monitoring lightning related phenomena. This weekend is a wonderful time to start looking for Venus after sunset. In fact, almost every night I observe at least one satellite. These are very poor videos for reference.
Did you see it? Green fireball seen streaking across Arizona sky I am on a Oahu right now. I literally just saw one about an hour ago which prompted me to Google it and find this article. Well heres the crazy part nothing from that area of the sky I dont know what it was, but Im very familiar with the night sky, iridium flares, etc. Possibly further than a satellite. Then again a few days later but this time 2 flashes??? Here is my video of it, the flash is in the upper middle on Iggys third vocal line YOU KNOW it looks so good tonight very quick but if you let it loop you will find it. Before I saw it I thought to myself show yourself and then it happened. I estimated what ever this to be low orbit, certainly not in Earths atmosphere. I saw something very similar about an hour ago, just above, and slightly to the left, of Venus. However the camera flash also appeared to be about 3 times the size of a satellite to the naked eye. ~ Witness. i counted 11 total.
See Halley's Comet Trash Flash Then A Full Moon Reveal - Forbes The exact same phenomena described. One theory is that they are meteorites hitting the atmosphere head on so its just a flash instead of a trail but sometimes the flashes happen two or three times in a row right in or right near the same spot so Im at a loss. I have now seen them frequently over the past few months. To do that I leaned my head agains the wall of my house to keep my view stationary and watched the light until it started quite slowly to dim and become invisible. I can see the big dipper to the Northwestern Sky and its always to the left and above the constellation. To get what it looked like, the best description is that it looked like a interstellar spaceship taking off. A daily update by email. And I never saw the flash again this is very interesting to me and will be following this article! I am a retired airline pilot, so I know the difference between aircraft and something else. We live on Oahu away from the city. Strange lights spotted in North Texas sky. Third flash was same location as second flash. I looked up the clear night sky and was watching the Ursa Major constellation when I noticed a very bright but quick flash in the arm area of the plough. On my second night using them, I found the same phenomena. [deleted] 3 yr. ago. The brief flash of green light is seen more often at sunset than at sunrise. I have also noticed the craft that brighten when I ask aswell, then dissappear. Most of my sky watching has been in a westerly direction recently. Yet more, of course, suggested that it might be proof of aliens. So strange. about 15 minutes later again in the same approximate location. they are like a flash and some times even a like blurred few flashes afterwards. I can only assume some atmospheric phenomenon. No. I saw 3 bright flashes. I have never seen anything like it. I am replying to your post because you seem to have a clear level mind and a rational take on the subject. The ones I see dont move either. My only good theory is a sat with a pulsed laser aimed at the Earth, but thats just a good guess. Here is a recording of airplanes flying overhead. A daily update by email. Any unusual sightings werelikely activity froma Quadrantid meteor shower that peaked late Friday night over Northern Colorado. Some have been close to the ground. If you lived in a radio quiet area, it would be possible to use a VLF radio and put that on the Left channel and the WWV time tick on the right channel. At a Glance. I went ahead and recorded it using my phone to get it posted here quickly for the group. Multiple NBC 7 viewers suggested the flash may have been a shooting star. We saw exactly what you describe in Midcoast Maine, USA tonight a little before 10pm EDT. Ive seen them dim and move a short distance a few times. You can follow the Galileo Project on Twitter link above. This image shows most of Japan with the largest mass of light corresponding to Tokyo. Sound familiar? https://spaceweatherarchive.com/2019/05/29/starlink-satellite-flares-part-2/. People across the North East have reported seeing the meteors light up the sky with green lights hours before it was expected to be seen. Add another inexplicable flash to the list! Im very aware of what air traffic looks like being located near an airport and beneath a major north/south commercial route. Skywatching What causes the strange green flash at sunset and sunrise on Earth? Got my camera but it never came back. "I typically see something describable as a 'green flash'or 'fireball'once or twice a year," Halac said, adding that he spends more than 150 hours skygazing each year. The flashes I see do not move nor do they have any trajectory in the sky. I checked the apps for anything close and nothing was, I got my phone out to try to record it but it was to focused on trying to find light to capture it, as Im looking at this out of my peripheral I noticed a shooting star type phenomenon but slow enough for me to glance over to it then it was gone. These strange land features are in the Erg Iguidi desert, with its yellow stripes of sand stretching from Algeria to northern Mauritania in the Sahara", "Sunlight reflecting the stunning colours of this Himalayan lake", "The real thing: found Everest! During these times I was actually trying to communicate with UFOs and I would tell them to make a Flash of light and it would happen and and sometimes our brains trick us but this was actually recorded and that was very shocking to me. The pulses seem to me to be happening a long long way away. The first time I witnessed anything similar was in 2012 in Tulum, Mexico. The flashes would move in a kind of circular motion and at some point hit some of the buildings. I saw what appeared to be a bright star in western sky which immediately faded or blinked out. Spotted shootingstars and airplanes too thats how i had to rule out airplanes because the blinking lights of an airplane would definitely have been seen for a longer time (not single flashes). I was stargazing last night for around 4 hours and I witnessed around 10 of these flashes or blinks. When I saw it, I thought wow, it looks so very bright. Me too, I usually see them near the big dipper, over the Tortolittas, or the Catalinas. ), here are a couple other options. Under the video, some speculated that it was the reflection of some sort of device on the ground, shining into the sky.
I live in the southwest of England ,now l go out every night and sit for fifteen minutes and sure as day l see them . There are no significant meteor showers currently (that Im aware of), and collectively, we saw 5 in one hour. Id love to know what they are. Completely random timing, and in different spots in the sky every time! Ive purposely setup my capture software to record 30 head frames and 120 tail frames. t then flashed once every 80 seconds as it moved very slowly. But the double and triple flashes were much different. Whats odd is when zoomed way in the flash has a more oval shape than the stars around it. Sub-duct flashes are even weirder. I saw a very quick flash like a camera light just to the right of where I was looking. This sent a chill down my spine. Saw the same thing on June 15 at 2 am in Southeastern Idaho. We checked radar and found no lightning flashes for 200 miles. Dont tilt your head so far back its literally lack of oxygen it happens. The other weird thing ive seen in the night sky at home is the shape of this ==>>, like low intensity bright blue. I have a fairly powerful blue lazer rated for for 900 miles, and whatever they are, they seem to react when I point my lazer at them. They have flown extremely close over my head and I have been able to see the outline of the bulk of The Craft when they strobe off. About every 20 seconds it would flash and it lasted for about an hour. They arent shooting stars. I also see a tiny flick of light which lasts for barely a millisecond. The eye ball moves but the inertia of the fluid causes a lag and drag on the retina. I got 3 of the flashes on video. I live in a rural area with really decent night sky and I watch it. This is new and very notable. That whatever I had seen accelerated so fast, I only had seen the latter movement, so to speak. Dipper or as i put it in my notes Ursa Major seems to come up often. The best place to view them is an area with dark skies, which won't be possible with city lights. HOUSTON (KABC) -- Several Texas residents captured video of the mysterious flashing lights above Houston overnight. This was not a satilite, airplane or any other celestial occurence that I have experienced. Ive seen the exact same type of flash in the same spot about 3 or 4 times in the last year. The flashes in question are not cosmic rays hitting the CCD chip. As the sun continues to set, the top splits off and turns green. We were on top a mountain, cant wait to get back there. Short, bright flashes like a camera flash. I see these flashes of light often. Photo by Colin Legg. The pulse looks almost man-madelike maybe a blinking light on an aircraft. Did you see something unusual streaking across the night sky Friday night? It seemed like a small kinda dim star the flash was extremely fast if you werent staring right where it happened you would miss it. I have watched the sky for many years but only noticed these in the last 2 years. I would like to know what is causing this? White. Single flashes a couple of them happening in a approx. Very interesting thanks for sharing! Hiya, Im in Victoria and have been seeing them a lot lately. I pick up these what I call Point Flashes very frequently on my meteor spotter skycam. These flashes only occur once during the recordings. kinda like seeing stars when we lose our breath or get punched dead in the face. Its not something weve ever seen before, Neil Bennett from the Bureau of Meteorology said, according to the newspaper.
Single Flashes of Light in Night Sky - Backyardastronomy.net Not quite on the same spot, but not far from each other. I cant really tell anything more from the video than that, unfortunately. Same here. I went back out 20 minutes later to see if it was still there & it was gone. But this, what youve captured? Across social media, from Chicago to Michigan to Ohio and beyond, users reported witnessing a strange string of lights in the sky. You will literally cut oxygen from your brain and see flashes next to planets etc.
'Pa. fireball:' Why the sky flashed green over Philly - Inquirer.com I was looking in the clear sky and saw A bright white flash in the form of a dot Approximately the size of what the moon would be at a pretty high azimuth. I got chills reading that. The flashes do not appear randomly in different locations. But green flashes are very real. Usually a series of flashes about 20 seconds apart and from the same general direction. Exactly as Andrew describes. Sometimes, if the night is very dark and clear, I can see the object. I live in Milford, Illinois (central Illinois)and have seen these single bright flashes around 10:45 pm for past few years (2020 2022) usually overhead. Over the years Ive imaged all of these TLEs with the same camera which Ive imaged the flashes in question. Last saturday night October 29, 2022 my friends and I all watched single flashes in the stars above, stationary for the most times, then the flash would appear to have moved in either direction. What i thought it is: some sort of satelite thrusters, but on the 4.th sept i saw series of flashes and therefore i suppose its unlikely. Few minutes later, another three quick flashes that faded on the third flash. Anyway, theres certainly something going on up there and I hope in my lifetime its revealed. Would love a scientific explanation to this because its wigging me out! I see them every night when the sky is clear and I always wonder if they are satellites or maybe something more out of this world but it always leaves me standing there watching the night sky hoping to see something incredible but I always usually end up being puzzled by these strange lights. The camera picks up the bugs and its harder to filter through all the videos, but the flashes are still there. Around 9:15 tonight I saw the same thing in the western sky, above the cluster of those 7 stars. I believe possibly drones. Yea, also in Dexter Falls.
Green flash in the sky : r/Columbus - Reddit They are satellite propulsion bursts. The last weeks i have seen plenty of the single flashes. This sounds like something others could monitor for. Or about the size of the fireworks they used to and a fireworks show, the bright white loud explosive ones. Ive seen satellites flash before especially the musk star link satellites. Ive seen a few before where the same area flashed, but also sometimes just singular flashes. It then shot off at an incredible rate further north where it then again stopped and then disappeared. Just saw 3 in the exact same area. I have observed artificial satellites for many years now, including the Iridiums and Im well aware of how they behave to the observer.
What star in the northeast flashes colorfully? That's Capella! She described the green glowing object as a "fireball" near Phoenix that was captured on her rooftop camera in Tucson.
Green Comet 2023: Find It in the Sky! - timeanddate.com How did it happen? Like a flash. You can see 20 quadrillion miles, at least. I am going to look for more now Ive read this post thank you. I have observed this random quick flashes for months now. I do not live near or under any charted MOA (military operations area). Thank you for trying to bring more attention to this with the scientific community Lance. It was fascinating, no explanation for statiinary light flashes among the stars, something none of us have ever seen before. Example video title will go here for this video. July 24, 2023 at 9:51 AM. In the replies to Le Corre's tweet, one person wrote that they saw it in mesa while driving east. It was a very clear beautiful starry night, and we were on the highest mountain in the Gold Coast Hinterland with no light pollution, at Binna Burra, Lamington National Park, Qld Australia. How bright are they, the non flashing ones that is? Unlike anything I have ever seen before. YT for instance.. thank you!! Others claimed it was an effect of the weather, with the light emerging as energy from the same electrical storm that can be seen flashing through the rest of the video. Other times though, there is no known satellite near the location of the flash. I know the Geminids meteor shower peaked last night but I wasnt aware it would be visible here in Qld Australia tonight at this time, especially with the cloud cover and light pollution.
U.S. Naval Observatory explains green light seen in the sky My friends neighbor is an astronomy professor and Im hoping to get a chance to talk to him about these mysterious flashes of light, Please let us know what your neighbor thinks about the flashes , Ive been seeing these too. However if you tilt your head back long enough, and you look very closely hard enough. If anyone has insight into what these might be please leave a comment. I watch the big New Mexico sky every night and see the strangest things. I do not know what they were but after 10 minutes they disappeared. Yet to see any pattern though. It was a fairly clear night I could see maybe 1/2 the usual stars as a very clear night. Occasionally they double flash: two flashes in quick succession in the same exact spot, again, no movement or trajectory. Read More Green flash from moon. But even stranger is it does not appear to be moving as there is not trail. Not a shooting star. Thank goodness I found this article. Maybe 2 to 5 minutes apart! The first time I started to take notice of these occurred from said area of sky, at time, about 7 years ago. Its as if they are giving me a cosmic hello, or pat on the back. Around the Rigel area I saw a flash of a small object. I have been watching for over an hour what looks to be lightening but its not. Each observer was captivated, their hearts filled with awe and curiosity as they gazed upon the enigmatic night sky. Got me intrigued. Sometimes much brighter than Sirius. It definitely werent planes, as there was no quick repetition or movement. Then for many months I didnt see them at all. It's said that once you've seen a green flash, you'll never go wrong in matters of the heart. Thanks! So, any explanation on this would be a big thumbs up! A straight down vector meteorite obviously wont repeat, and my cam doesnt pick up the typical meteoric greenish glow of IR heat from these. Is it a mapping satellite? It was like a star turned on and off real fast, just once. Need to figure out if satellite moving is catching the sun rays, Im in Bristol and at 3am (25/6/23) I have just seen the same. Oahe Dam north of Pierre, South Dakota in the United States. Same here!! Most of the content discussed in this thread is of the strange pulse like flashes that seem to be a nightly occurrence and coming from something stationary. Tonight, having a smoke in the garden at midnight, clear dark sky, I saw a flash in the corner of my eye. So .. again unlikely for a propulsion system. 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See sky charts here. My newest observation occured Thursday 13. Tonight we have seen about 6 already within 2 hours. In other words there is movement evident while its visible. In short, I do not believe that what Ive imaged and documented in this post are TLEs. Not lighting, a flash. They were close together about five seconds apart brighter than Jupiter butuch more white. This evening, check out one of the flashiest stars in the sky. I saw the flashes tonight. It sounded like it was moving from east to west pretty slowly. ESO astrophotographer captures elusive green flash as moon sets over Chile's Atacama Desert. it was not comets or gravel from say planet X what not, this was more machine like, space force? I was beginning to feel that perhaps I WAS hallucinating! The light then started moving and stopping heading in a northerly direction and every time the laser touched it, it seemed to energise and get brighter and move a little faster. Hi Steve, have you linked your footage anywhere? The reality is that every star in the sky undergoes the same process as Capella when it twinkles. I see more than one in an evening. The flashes in question are a lot shorter in duration than your typical Iridium flare. It isnt air traffic nor satellites. (KSAT) A bright light that was seen over South Central Texas on Sunday night was also spotted in Oklahoma and Louisiana. We theorized a reflection from a satellite, but I think it was mentioned somewhere here why that might not be it. Bummed? And experts agreed that the phenomenon was like nothing they had seen before, according to the West Australian, which reported on the strange video. My personal email is neumanara1@yahoo.com. Hi mate, I doubt they are meteors, for it would mean they are all on exactly the same perfect front on projectory at every angle all over the world. I've purposely setup my capture software to record 30 head frames and 120 tail frames. They are meteors that come directly at earth then explode when they hit the atmosphere. I was doing a star lapse in New York in the country where I go fishing, and I captured two of these flashes one very bright like a star and one much smaller. I was looking at the direction of Vega when a bright star appeared maybe 5-7 degrees to the north of it and a bit lower from then horizon (5 degrees max.). Why flash like a camera flash (like a diamond shape growing and fading) do they need to flash in the night sky for photography? He responded to my emaili with my video attached, and had his colleague Richard Cloete review it and this is what he said. Im in the UK and when Im wild camping I naturally go to places with little light pollution. Warm clear night, but around midnight till after 5: AM intermittent flashes of light lit the sky above us.
Strange Flashing Lights In the Sky? : r/orangecounty - Reddit I saw 7 or 8 flashes (about 6/7 seconds apart) of something that was stationary, then it moved slightly, flashed about 5 times, then stopped.
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