I just saw something in the sky that I absolutely cannot explain. A large bright red sort of crescent-shaped light off to the northwest that moved up and down in the sky for several minutes, getting brighter and then dimmer before it eventually disappeared. And the up and down motion was not in sync with the up and down motion of the ship. Whatever it was, it was fucking weird and I've definitely never seen anything like it.
A seed got burnt and popped from your reefer :fnord:
Perhaps a kind of northern light or whatever they are called?
Nah, I'm on the ship and stone cold sober. And it wasn't an aurora borealis, I've seen those before. I can't even file it under "OK, maybe it actually was a spaceship", that's how weird it was. The only possible semi-explanation I can think of is that it was in the general direction of Pax river so it could have been some sort of DARPA test, but even then I can't imagine what would look like that.
did you whip out your camera phone?
No, when we're out of cell range I leave it in my cabin since it's my alarm clock. I checked the charts though, and relative to our position it was in the exact direction of the part of Chesapeake Bay by the mouth of Pax River that is used as a testing area so I'm thinking that's the most likely explanation.
My guess is (depending on distance) atmospheric conditions, like what causes mirages, combined with something fucking strange to start with.
If it was a small and extremely intense light of any color but red-orange-yellow, honestly, the result could be a large orb of weird, coppery sort of light (like an incandescent about to burn out) once you take into account possible magnification from atmospheric conditions (temperature layers, pressure gradients, etc). The crescent shape might be something that partially obscured the light early in its journey, well before it got twisted by weird air.
You're on a ship, so I assume you've seen just how weird mirages can get. Well, they get even weirder than that given the right conditions.
I saw a flashing, zig-zagging light go across the sky - FAST - one night when I was fifteen. Never found out what it might have been and web searches just turn up that UFO shit.
Yours sounds similar to the Marfa lights (http://www.nightorbs.net/) though. They're a natural phenomenon, people have been seeing them since long before all the tech stuff.
The up and down part makes it extra hard to dismiss.
Quote from: PROFOUNDLY RETARDED CHARLIE MANSON on June 24, 2012, 06:49:46 AM
The up and down part makes it extra hard to dismiss.
That's why I had to say it was odd to begin with in my sensible suggestion. A light as intense as I described would have to be something ridiculous to start, and the up and down even my theory can't necessarily account for.
High fucking Weirdness ITT.
Hey Cain, if you run across this, ask your pals if CASE NIGHTMARE GREEN is in full swing. They might want to hear about this particular Reality Excursion!
Swamp gas.
THEY'RE HERE!!
I am now 98% positive that it was a DARPA test at the Pax River site, but of course that could not be confirmed nor denied by my buddy at DARPA. :lulz:
Glad I randomly happened to see it anyway, it was pretty damn freaky-cool looking.
As I recall, this is the second or third time you've mentioned seeing a UFO on PD. I think it's time to ask some hard questions.
ECH, have you ever experienced a period of missing time? Do you wake up covered in scars and cuts you cannot explain? Do you have many dreams involving flying? Do you find yourself having a sudden awareness of the unified nature of existence, or an increased interest in ecology and vegetarianism? Have you ever woken up in bed paralysed? Do you find yourself getting sexually aroused in the presence of reptiles? Do the words "Zeta Reticuli" mean anything to you? Are you starting to find David Icke a compelling, or alternately, an abhorrent figure? Do you find yourself inexplicably upset when "anal probe" jokes are made? Do you find yourself wishing The X-Files was still on TV?
The People have a right to know.
I find myself inexcusably aroused when anal probe jokes are made.
There was one other time I saw something in the sky I couldn't explain (and still can't), but I don't take it as anything more than my inability to explain what I saw.
The saddest thing is I only made up three of the things on that list. All the others are really used for the purpose of telling people they are being abducted.
Quote from: Cain on June 24, 2012, 01:10:01 PM
Have you ever experienced a period of missing time? Do you wake up covered in scars and cuts you cannot explain? Do you have many dreams involving flying? Do you find yourself having a sudden awareness of the unified nature of existence, or an increased interest in ecology and vegetarianism? Have you ever woken up in bed paralysed? Do you find yourself getting sexually aroused in the presence of reptiles hairy European folks? Do the words "Zeta Reticuli" mean anything to you? Are you starting to find David Icke a compelling, or alternately, an abhorrent figure? Do you find yourself inexplicably upset when "anal probe" jokes are made? Do you find yourself wishing The X-Files Twin Peaks was still on TV?
Yes. To all questions.
This has more to do with the Madgjiqkcue Richules I do than aliens, though.
"Have you ever experienced a period of missing time? Do you wake up covered in scars and cuts you cannot explain?" sounds like what happens to people after a mean drunk. :lol:
Is this a UFO thread where people are actually discussing unidentified flying objects and not aliens? My eyes deceive. Only on PD.
Quote from: TEXAS FAIRIES FOR ALL YOU SPAGS on June 24, 2012, 06:38:59 PM
"Have you ever experienced a period of missing time? Do you wake up covered in scars and cuts you cannot explain?" sounds like what happens to people after a mean drunk. :lol:
That happened to me last week, only it wasn't me who was covered in scars and cuts I couldn't explain.
Quote from: PROFOUNDLY RETARDED CHARLIE MANSON on June 24, 2012, 08:17:39 PM
Quote from: TEXAS FAIRIES FOR ALL YOU SPAGS on June 24, 2012, 06:38:59 PM
"Have you ever experienced a period of missing time? Do you wake up covered in scars and cuts you cannot explain?" sounds like what happens to people after a mean drunk. :lol:
That happened to me last week, only it wasn't me who was covered in scars and cuts I couldn't explain.
:potd: :lulz:
Quote from: ZL 'Kai' Burington, M.S. on June 24, 2012, 08:13:13 PM
Is this a UFO thread where people are actually discussing unidentified flying objects and not aliens? My eyes deceive. Only on PD.
Believe me, I have a hard time restraining myself from slapping the piss out of people who think that UFO literally means "alien spaceship".
Quote from: Echo Chamber Music on June 24, 2012, 09:24:00 PM
Quote from: ZL 'Kai' Burington, M.S. on June 24, 2012, 08:13:13 PM
Is this a UFO thread where people are actually discussing unidentified flying objects and not aliens? My eyes deceive. Only on PD.
Believe me, I have a hard time restraining myself from slapping the piss out of people who think that UFO literally means "alien spaceship".
I believe it.
Quote from: ZL 'Kai' Burington, M.S. on June 25, 2012, 02:10:58 AM
Quote from: Echo Chamber Music on June 24, 2012, 09:24:00 PM
Quote from: ZL 'Kai' Burington, M.S. on June 24, 2012, 08:13:13 PM
Is this a UFO thread where people are actually discussing unidentified flying objects and not aliens? My eyes deceive. Only on PD.
Believe me, I have a hard time restraining myself from slapping the piss out of people who think that UFO literally means "alien spaceship".
I believe it.
(http://i.imgur.com/pCwPU.jpg)
Me too.
Quote from: Echo Chamber Music on June 24, 2012, 01:18:21 PM
I find myself inexcusably aroused when anal probe jokes are made.
This is why the aliens stopped abducting people, you know. They're all getting treated for PTSD and having their nostrils sewn back into shape.
ECH: Saving the world through unreasonable deviancy.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 25, 2012, 03:17:33 PM
Quote from: Echo Chamber Music on June 24, 2012, 01:18:21 PM
I find myself inexcusably aroused when anal probe jokes are made.
This is why the aliens stopped abducting people, you know. They're all getting treated for PTSD and having their nostrils sewn back into shape.
ECH: Saving the world through unreasonable deviancy.
:spittake: