hawkz40 OP t1_j6fe7gw wrote
Reply to comment by weathercat4 in Spotted strange cluster of objects traveling across the sky this evening by hawkz40
If they were geese, i want to know what makes them glow at night and fly that fast. :D
weathercat4 t1_j6fgbmh wrote
Same reason you can likely see the bottoms of clouds at night, light pollution. Birds in light pollution against the sky look like faint glowing orbs and they seem to move really fast because they are quiet so your brain assumes what your looking at must be far away when it is actually very close.
KAKrisko t1_j6fjx1f wrote
I think flying geese are UFOs more than people imagine. I remember looking up one evening and seeing these shimmering, silvery things overhead, flying fast. Fortunately I was able to watch them until they resolved into a flock of geese. Geese and other water birds have a substance on their feathers that helps shed water, and I think it also reflects light very well, with a silvery or metallic appearance.
weathercat4 t1_j6ifqtw wrote
I was thinking about it more, do you have any RC plane or drone clubs near by?
hawkz40 OP t1_j6m89gb wrote
no, nothing exciting like that. Whatever it was, it looked in orbit, just really fast :P hard to really gauge distance though isn't it.
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