Not UFOs

[2hats]

A thread for interesting/peculiar lights/objects in the sky which actually have a more mundane or perfectly rational (and often interesting) explanation.

Caught by the Subaru-Asahi Star Camera at the Mauna Kea Observatory on 28 Jan 2023:

This is actually the ACDL (Aerosol and Carbon dioxide Detection Lidar) instrument on board the Chinese Daqi 1 atmosphere environment monitoring satellite. The visible green 532nm beam is one of the instruments operating wavelengths (the others are at 1064 and 1572 nm, which being in the NIR/SWIR aren't visible).

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[CNT36]

I'm sad they got to you....

 

[Signal 11]

These are always good ones.

 

[danny la rouge]

Could be from the sky. Definitely alien though:

Mystery sphere found on beach perplexes Japan Mystery sphere found on beach perplexes Japan

 

[savoloysam]

Could be from the sky. Definitely alien though:

Mystery sphere found on beach perplexes Japan Mystery sphere found on beach perplexes Japan

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I bet there's Chinese tech inside it

 

[2hats]

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Could be from the sky. Definitely alien though:

Mystery sphere found on beach perplexes Japan Mystery sphere found on beach perplexes Japan

Post #252 in this thread.

 

[danny la rouge]

I bet there's Chinese tech inside it

You think the Chinese are in league with aliens?

 

[JimW]

 

[savoloysam]

You think the Chinese are in league with aliens?

I don't think Mork is coming out of that, no.

 

[danny la rouge]

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Post #252 in this thread.

Doesn’t have the good alt text like what I do, though.

 

[JimW]

One of Poseidon's anal beads?

 

[Signal 11]

Could be from the sky. Definitely alien though:

Mystery sphere found on beach perplexes Japan Mystery sphere found on beach perplexes Japan

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Looks a bit like a model of Mars.

 

[WouldBe]

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Post #252 in this thread.

Def a UFO as in unidentified floating orb.

 

[2hats]

Entirely by chance, re-entry of Starlink 1353 caught on a live stream over northern Japan (Hokkaido) a couple of days ago. M42 Orion Nebula in the centre of the frame.

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(Obviously, more chance of randomly catching a Starlink entry than anything else...)

 

[2hats]

Long overdue for some more exhibits.

First this seemingly confusing display:

pezado.eth | Mₑ Gₒₒₙₜaᵣ (@pezado_)

Anyone else from San Diego see this a few minutes ago? #SanDiego #UFOs #ufotwitter

nitter.privacydev.net

Spoiler: Answer.

Actually a US Navy Seals parachute display team.

Second, the Chinese taikonauts' ShenZhou-16 capsule ablative reentry spotted over Korla, China, en route to landing in the Gobi desert:

Ace of Razgriz (@raz_liu)

Wow,This one is close. via 一瞬流光的瞬,https://weibo.com/2521937052/Nqn6cmJWu

nitter.privacydev.net

The leading object is the crewed reentry module (controlled entry with thermal management) whilst the spectacular main decay is the recently separated service module (less controlled - ie breakup).

Finally: a Falcon 9 second stage de-orbit burn (setup for disposal in the S Atlantic/southern Indian Ocean) , seen from Texas, exciting upper atmosphere atomic oxygen to the point of red emission.

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[smokedout]

A thread for interesting/peculiar lights/objects in the sky which actually have a more mundane or perfectly rational (and often interesting) explanation.

Caught by the Subaru-Asahi Star Camera at the Mauna Kea Observatory on 28 Jan 2023:

This is actually the ACDL (Aerosol and Carbon dioxide Detection Lidar) instrument on board the Chinese Daqi 1 atmosphere environment monitoring satellite. The visible green 532nm beam is one of the instruments operating wavelengths (the others are at 1064 and 1572 nm, which being in the NIR/SWIR aren't visible).

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I watched this a little drunk on my phone last night and was thinking yeah but wtf are those bright round white lights falling out of the sky towards the ground. Then I realised it was fucking snowing on urban again.

 

[2hats]

The Chinese authorities are back to their traditional methods of spent first stage disposal. Not only do you have to dodge the incoming projectile, but also the resulting deadly cloud of unspent hypergolic fuels.

Andrew Jones (@AJ_FI)

Heads up: it's been a while, but this kind of falling booster action was a feature of the Long March 3B launches of Beidou satellites from Xichang. https://m.weibo.cn/detail/4983261660976801

nitter.woodland.cafe

 

[2hats]

SpaceX F9 stage 2 disposal burn seen from Norway and Iceland two nights ago. This was the Transporter-10 launch and the spiral is as a result of the upper stage being spun up for payload deployment and then still spinning at the time of the upper stage disposal burn and venting en route to disposal over the Pacific.

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[petee]

One of Poseidon's anal beads?

dude.

 

[JimW]

dude.

Still no evidence to the contrary.

 

[RevolutionSound]

 

[petee]

Still no evidence to the contrary.

 

[PTK]

I learned about an hour and a quarter ago that there had been a large Coronal Mass Ejection from the Sun, which will cause a geomagnetic storm on the Earth, and allow people to see the Aurora Borealis as far south as places very far south, further south than the south coast of Great Britain. So, I popped out to have a look. The sky was overcast. . .

 

[teqniq]

Very impressive:

 

[teqniq]

 

[2hats]

Bolide seen (looking down) from the ISS over Syria, on Monday evening:

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[2hats]

Entry of 2024 RW1 now estimated at 1646UT over the Philippines (local weather prospects poor).

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[2hats]

Entry estimate now 1639UT.

 

[2hats]

Reports from Luzon area of flash seen under cloudy sky at 1639z (Typhoon Yagi in the region).

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