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Posted on 09/19/2009 7:36:05 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand
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To: the invisib1e hand
Windsurfing Regatta?
To: the invisib1e hand
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posted on
09/19/2009 7:41:05 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: the invisib1e hand
I’m tempted to say that it’s just Jupiter, but I’m not sure that you can see anything dimmer than magnitude -3 or so in NYC...
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posted on
09/19/2009 7:41:19 PM PDT
by
Zeppo
(Save the cheerleader, save the world...)
To: the invisib1e hand
In this day and age, if you don’t have it on video, you have no credibility. Just about everyone has a cellphone, and most can make videos (or at least take photos).
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posted on
09/19/2009 7:46:08 PM PDT
by
PackerBoy
(Just my opinion ....)
To: the invisib1e hand
The official line is it was a atmospheric test by the national weather service. But can we believe them? If they were going to do a test like this they should have let the Long Island police departments know before hand and they didn’t.
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posted on
09/19/2009 7:46:23 PM PDT
by
jdfromny
(At what point are we officially "North Americans"?)
To: the invisib1e hand
the space shuttle did release a large amount of waste water that looked quite similar and it heated in the atmosphere
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posted on
09/19/2009 7:47:12 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: the invisib1e hand
How many shots of Tequila and Jäger preceded the close encounter
and appearance of bright lights?
To: the invisib1e hand
There was a rocket launch tonight from Wallops Island, VA. A sounding rocket, I think. Buddy of mine works for NASA up there.
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posted on
09/19/2009 7:49:32 PM PDT
by
backwoods-engineer
(Proud to be an American, where I least I know I'm free!)
To: the invisib1e hand
The mods did zot a troll tonight.
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posted on
09/19/2009 7:53:57 PM PDT
by
mnehring
To: the invisib1e hand
If it resembles a really bright white ‘star’, it’s the planet Jupiter. Jupiter is exactly in that part of the sky about this time of the night.
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posted on
09/19/2009 8:51:11 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: the invisib1e hand
I do amateur astronomy from Manhattan, btw. Jupiter has been amazingly bright for a few months now. It, like Venus, when it is out at night or in the early morning, is often mistaken for an approaching plane’s headlights or a hovering helicopter.
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posted on
09/19/2009 9:07:32 PM PDT
by
ETL
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To: the invisib1e hand
The ‘ray’ of light you saw coming from it was probably something caused by your own eyes, like when you squint at a bright light and a long thin column of light appears.
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posted on
09/19/2009 9:12:08 PM PDT
by
ETL
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To: ETL
jupiterThat would explain the other brightish, stationery light a bit north of the one described, from our perspective, and much further east.
But this other thing was closer to the river, and south (again, from our perspective) of what I think was Jupiter.
And I'm telling you, the spotlight effect was huge.
To: the invisib1e hand
To: the invisib1e hand
Then it was probably some sort of aircraft, possibly a police helicopter with a spotlight.
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posted on
09/19/2009 9:35:50 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: the invisib1e hand
there was no craft of any kind around that could have been the source. It may have been from a spotlight on the ground somewhere.
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posted on
09/19/2009 9:38:25 PM PDT
by
ETL
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To: the invisib1e hand
My brother said he saw the same thing in the eastern sky (we are out near Clinton, NJ). He had just walked out of the garage and I was in the process of turning the lights off and closing up the doors and he said something, which I couldn’t hear. When I asked what he said, he was silent... so I didn’t see anything. He said it looked like a rocket or something. I forget what time this was... it was late twilight.
When I did look that way, it appeared that there was a faint clound in the area he was pointing at... that’s about all I saw.
I would like an update on this with a link.
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posted on
09/19/2009 9:42:25 PM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: Rodamala
He said it looked like a rocket or something. I forget what time this was... it was late twilight. Interesting. If I hear about any other reports of this, I'll post back here and/or ping you both.
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posted on
09/19/2009 10:01:01 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: the invisib1e hand
Though man-made light, at night is very bright
There’s no whitewash victim
As the neons dim to the coat of white
Real Imperial Aerosol Kid
Wipes his gun, he’s forgetton what he did
And the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
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posted on
09/19/2009 10:08:04 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
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