Competitive-Ad-5153 t1_j3t6y6v wrote on January 10, 2023 at 10:15 PM

Reply to comment by citrus_mystic in Saw a weird light last night by citrus_mystic

The ISS does have different magnitudes of brightness depending on the angle of the Sun, its orbital trajectory, the positioning of its solar arrays, etc.

It wouldn't surprise me that it was the ISS: silently gliding through the sky, not blinking, no noise, but then disappears...

FoleyisGood t1_j3vveqh wrote on January 11, 2023 at 12:43 PM

It wasn't the ISS.

Competitive-Ad-5153 t1_j3vxmxc wrote on January 11, 2023 at 1:04 PM

Let's think skeptically for a minute...

What's the more likely explanation for what was seen:

Some alien craft
A satellite
The ISS

The simplest explanation tends to be the right one. I've given a scientifically accurate, unbiased explanation for what was seen. What proof do you have that it wasn't the ISS?

FoleyisGood t1_j3w0t87 wrote on January 11, 2023 at 1:31 PM

> What proof do you have that it wasn't the ISS?

you said

> Update The ISS was visible last night from 9:11 to 9:15, setting in the ENE.

This happened sometime between 5:30-6pm - as I stated in a previous comment

also

It was a shooting star

Competitive-Ad-5153 t1_j3wp8l9 wrote on January 11, 2023 at 4:19 PM

Fair enough; I stand corrected :)

mdurg68 t1_j3w4lff wrote on January 11, 2023 at 2:01 PM

Why do you only have 3 choices? You left off aircraft and shooting star. Since a few others and me saw it around the same time I’d guess it was a shooting star. I know how satellites move and look. Definitely wasn’t a satellite

Competitive-Ad-5153 t1_j3wp2tx wrote on January 11, 2023 at 4:18 PM

Fair enough.

I left off aircraft since it didn't have any blinking navigational lights.

And you are correct: it could've been a meteor. The Quadrantid meteor shower was about a week ago, so that is a definite possibility. I stand corrected.