Posted on 03/23/2014 9:25:10 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Familiar objects often mistaken for UFOs include bright stars, planets and satellites, but high – if not highest – on the list is Sirius in the constellation Canis Major the Greater Dog.
Sirius has attained UFO status for several good reasons: at magnitude -1.5 it’s the brightest star in the sky, it “moves” both slowly and rapidly and shoots out light of different colors.
Because it’s bright, and for many of us, falls along an easy line of sight on March evenings, we’re bound to notice it. No star sparkles more intensely especially when hovering low in the sky.
(Excerpt) Read more at universetoday.com ...
Betelgeuse?
Yup....that’s him! LOL
But I was thinking of her...
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2011/12/betelgeuse_star.jpg
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