Fluorescent Dreams Wax Cylinders - Unidentified Flying Object

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Submitted; thanks!

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Was there a reddish tinge, redolent of tomato sauce? It could have been a Flying Pasghetti Monster. (yes, a: who says it's a monotheism?)

In which case you are even one better in the final letter, having seen a UFP: Unidentified Flying Pasta.

Best encountered outside of school lunchrooms. ;-)

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*giggle!*

Sadly, there's no way to say, "I saw something weird in the sky" without sounding like Shirley MacLaine.

I only saw something odd in the sky. I have no clue what it was. My first guess would have been a meteor -- if a meteor would stay in the sky for more than 2 seconds.

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My first guess would have been a meteor -- if a meteor would stay in the sky for more than 2 seconds.

Given that it was slow, broke up, and winked out, my first guess would be some sort of low-density space junk, like a used-up booster tank or the like.

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I've seen some really slow meteors...Cool though!

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OK, something was going on. We were on 280 south, and had the same thing happen. The EXACT same thing.

WTF...?

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A quick look at visible satellites doesn't seem to fit, mainly because the two real possibilities would have been moving too slowly.

Still, if the path matches, it might have been.

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The apparent speed as you observe it doesn't mean much. In three dimensions, its actual speed could have been much faster. Assuming it was falling, there was a point somewhere on the ground where one could stand and it would appear not to move at all (though that may not be a good place to stand).

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If the meteor is heading your direction at just the right angle it can appear to travel slow.

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I've seen some really slow meteors...Cool though!

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:3 I know exactly what this is. It's a Taurid Meteor. I recently saw one. Apparently they're fairly common, despite how shocking it is no one would notice something that looked like a plane crashed...

Here's what I described the event as:

"It was around 3am or so, and I happened to be looking out the window, when this bright object moved across the sky towards the ground. I didn't hear any sound. It was bright white, flashing as if burning up, and there was a slight red color at the bottom. I didn't know what it was because meteor showers are across the sky, dim, and last only a second, while this was close and lasted about 3 seconds (going from my field of vision - roof to horizon)."

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If you've seen Taurid meteors that lasted so long, then that's a very likely candidate.

My current best guess had been that it was a flare, either from San Francisco Bay or possibly the ocean. (I was facing that direction.)

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I was also facing San Francisco, and the astronomer I asked told me the reason I saw it in that portion of the sky was Taurid meteors come from Taurus, which was behind me. It was the largest thing I've seen in the sky besides a landing plane @_@

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