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UFO, Any Idea what It Actully Is?

Postby littleport2003 » Wed May 11, 2005 10:46 am

hi

I took these pics on monday, at about 20:30, any idea what it is? There was a clear sky no clouds and the sun was just going down.

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Re: Any Idea What This is?

Postby TSC. » Wed May 11, 2005 10:48 am

Was it moving? fast? slow? stationary? was it a cloud? I have no idea, but a bit more info would be cool.

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Re: UFO, Any Idea what It Actully Is?

Postby littleport2003 » Wed May 11, 2005 10:50 am

It was moving quite fast in the opposite dirrection to the wind, and its not a cloud there were no clouds in the sky
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Re: UFO, Any Idea what It Actully Is?

Postby TacitBlue » Wed May 11, 2005 10:57 am

How long would you say it took for it to go from one horizon to the other? Right now I would say its a con-trail from an airliner. Also, where do you live? is there any military acitivity nearby?
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Re: UFO, Any Idea what It Actully Is?

Postby Hyperion2 » Wed May 11, 2005 10:58 am

I don't see a contrail, I see a 'fireball'.  Not in the flaming wreckage sense, but in the actual astronomical object sense...
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Re: UFO, Any Idea what It Actully Is?

Postby littleport2003 » Wed May 11, 2005 11:00 am

I live in hertfordshire UK I have never seen and military aircraft around here but I do know of 3 RAF bases close to here
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Re: UFO, Any Idea what It Actully Is?

Postby TacitBlue » Wed May 11, 2005 11:01 am

I assumed that the yellow glow was due to the fact the the sun was setting at the moment as stated in Littleports description. Wat exactly is a fireball anyway? does it have something to do with meteors?
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Re: UFO, Any Idea what It Actully Is?

Postby TacitBlue » Wed May 11, 2005 11:03 am

OK, Herefordshire. could it have been Fozzer? Or possibly his stove? I remember him saying that he had a mishap with a gas stove once...  ;D
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Re: UFO, Any Idea what It Actully Is?

Postby Anti-Societys Snake » Wed May 11, 2005 11:08 am

ugh  ::) ::)
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Re: UFO, Any Idea what It Actully Is?

Postby Anti-Societys Snake » Wed May 11, 2005 11:13 am

I assumed that the yellow glow was due to the fact the the sun was setting at the moment as stated in Littleports description. Wat exactly is a fireball anyway? does it have something to do with meteors?



A fireball is when space junk enters the atmospere and slowly burns up.

I've seen one before, except it was much bigger, and every one started running around and screaming, I decked this one guy that got to close to me.... he didin't even try to hit me back or look at me he just ran back into wall mart.
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Re: UFO, Any Idea what It Actully Is?

Postby Craig. » Wed May 11, 2005 11:17 am

sorry snake but if you tried that to me and most likely any other member here, you'd find yourself on the floor with many less teeth. There is absolutly no need to go hitting people for no reason, especially when your 14. ;)

As for the pictures, that look like a 747 or A340 to me with a large contrail being reflected by the evening sun.
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Re: UFO, Any Idea what It Actully Is?

Postby Hagar » Wed May 11, 2005 11:20 am

You did well to get those shots. My immediate thought is that it's a vapour trail caught in the evening sunlight. I often see similar sights over here. They can look very dramatic.

PS. Of course, it could be our Fozzer out for a ride. ;)
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Re: UFO, Any Idea what It Actully Is?

Postby denishc » Wed May 11, 2005 11:24 am

 NICE PHOTOS!!!
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Re: UFO, Any Idea what It Actully Is?

Postby ATI_7500 » Wed May 11, 2005 11:25 am

I've seen one before, except it was much bigger, and every one started running around and screaming, I decked this one guy that got to close to me.... he didin't even try to hit me back or look at me he just ran back into wall mart.


a) I supose you were just trying to calm that guy down.

b) Idiots. Behaving like medieval farmers seeing something unknown.
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Re: UFO, Any Idea what It Actully Is?

Postby Felix/FFDS » Wed May 11, 2005 11:42 am

The Aurora hypersonic recon plane that replaced the SR-71.
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