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Post by Die Judicii » 08 Feb 2022, 8:14 pm

Just recently while in the truckstop called Victoria, I was set up overnight in a paddock of oat stubble looking for foxes.
While sitting and waiting, I noticed a plain white light traversing the sky from west to east travelling approx the same speed as a small plane.
Though difficult to say for sure, it appeared to be no further in distance/altitude than the usual sight of a small plane of Cessna size.

It was a still night, (at the time) yet I could hear no sound of a plane.

Curiosity got the better of me and I decided to have a look at it through the thermal binocs.
I have in the past watched the big jets that fly over at their usual altitudes,,, and the whole plane lights up in the binocs.
However,,,,,, when I tried to have a look at the white light,,,,, there was zero heat picked up,, and zero image of anything.

Looking again with the naked eye, it was clearly visible,, yet when having another look through the binocs,,,,,, there was nothing showing at all.

????????? :unknown: :unknown: :unknown:
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Post by Noisydad » 08 Feb 2022, 8:30 pm

As much fun as alternative possibilities are, It’d have to be a satellite.
There's still a few of Wile. E Coyote's ideas that I haven't tried yet.
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Post by Oldbloke » 08 Feb 2022, 8:42 pm

Noisydad wrote:As much fun as alternative possibilities are, It’d have to be a satellite.


Could be
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Post by Die Judicii » 08 Feb 2022, 9:06 pm

Nah,,,,, (I should've discounted satellites to begin with)
I've seen heaps of satellites in the past.
They travel way faster and are no where near as big (diam) as the light I was watching, added to the fact that its travelling speed was very slow.
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Post by Bill » 08 Feb 2022, 9:21 pm

refraction and distance disorientation

change ur beer goggles :drinks:
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Post by northdude » 09 Feb 2022, 3:43 am

A drone?
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Post by Bugman » 09 Feb 2022, 6:20 am

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Post by straightshooter » 09 Feb 2022, 7:12 am

Die
Definitely a UFO
It could have even been a mother ship hovering around while a scouting party searched for suitable specimens for examination.
Are you sure there isn't a missing hour or two from that evening that you can't account for?
Any tenderness or sensitivity anywhere on your body?
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Post by Die Judicii » 09 Feb 2022, 7:31 am

northdude wrote:A drone?


:unknown:

Do Drones have a bright white light ? Apart from the time of night I spose that could be one explanation.

I reckon it would be a pretty slim chance that someone would be out in the middle of a couple thousand acres of stubble at 3AM
flying their little drone around.
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Post by on_one_wheel » 09 Feb 2022, 8:42 am

That's the true definition of a UFO

Check the ISS flight path and try to work out where it was at that time, I'm sure I have seen it reflecting sunlight around an hour of sunset,
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Post by No1Mk3 » 09 Feb 2022, 9:29 am

Most likely the ISS, I have seen it many times and your description fits. Another alternative is you did see a light aircraft. Just because an airliner gives of a huge heat signal doesn't mean a small prop driven plane will, and you have to understand about thermo-layers blanketing heat signals to begin with.
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Post by northdude » 09 Feb 2022, 10:15 am

Die Judicii wrote:
northdude wrote:A drone?


:unknown:

Do Drones have a bright white light ? Apart from the time of night I spose that could be one explanation.

I reckon it would be a pretty slim chance that someone would be out in the middle of a couple thousand acres of stubble at 3AM
flying their little drone around.



A fox was flying it around to see where you were
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Post by Oldbloke » 09 Feb 2022, 11:25 am

Was it to the north?
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Post by womble » 09 Feb 2022, 11:59 am

Ok that's enough probing questions.
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Post by Oldbloke » 09 Feb 2022, 4:26 pm

straightshooter wrote:Die
Definitely a UFO
It could have even been a mother ship hovering around while a scouting party searched for suitable specimens for examination.
Are you sure there isn't a missing hour or two from that evening that you can't account for?
Any tenderness or sensitivity anywhere on your body?


Fuc that was funny. :lol: :wtf:

Come on, which direction was it.
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