Comet? Not ISS over Pittsburgh headed north.

Probably should be in the Grey Area.

I was watching the International Space Station heading east just under the big dipper. Then a very bright object came into view over me headed towards lake Erie. Going north..like an astroid scraping the atmosphere.
It was vaping like a fuzzy glow around it. Not a satellite ( I'm not drinking ).

The event lasted 10 or so minutes. I got a bit of tunnel vision, so i could not grab my camera that is in the car.
Gosh damn my fur is still up.
I stared seemingly waiting for it to enter the atmosphere as it headed north down over the horizon.

Anyone in PA OH NY or Toronto see this?


Here's the ISS after I came in to right this up. You'll see the time stamp on this screen cap.
Time and date.
Someone had to of seen this???!

ER HMM SOMEONE NORTH OF HERE IN MERCER COUNTY MIGHT HAVE SEEN THIS.

a reply to: Bigburgh

Wow!

Pretty cool.

Have you checked facebook?

Your area seems to have alot of these sightings.

10 minutes?..... Wow that's a long time ....im sure there is some website you can track all meteorites ? ....

It was an omen. The final omen.

The Penguins will three-peat...

a reply to: crappiekat

No I have not gone on FB.. but I'll look.🤗

a reply to: Meldionne1

I'm still shaking with excitement. But I'll look at those too.

a reply to: madmac5150

We lost Fleury... it's an omen alright😁

I grew up in the shadow of Pittsburgh... on the banks of the Ohio River in northern West Virginia.

EVERY astronomical event, in my neck of the woods... it's an omen.

Either the Pens will 3-peat in the next year, or the Steelers will lay claim to the Lombardi trophy for a 7th time.

The Pirates are still screwed.

a reply to: Bigburgh


Lot of cloud cover up here. Not seeing anything. Got bit by a whole lot of skeeters and scared the hell out of by a foraging raccoon though.

a reply to: madmac5150

If you were in Wheeling WV, you would have seen this...

I'll take those Omen's and double down on Powerball and Horse Races.... pirates 🙄
Lol..

a reply to: Bigburgh

10 minutes is too long to be a meteorite/re-entry event, and too short to be a comet sighting. Is that how long you observed the object for?

a reply to: seeker1963

Damn!
I was hoping you'd see this. Clouds are rolling in now to the north.

a reply to: Vector99

Yes i came outside at 11:40 ( passed the microwave with clock )and shortly after i saw this. Ran in to screen grab ISS and time.

Bright and fuzzy. Very few clouds at the time. It was as bright as the ISS.
Just scraping or grazing the atmosphere it seemed.

originally posted by: Bigburgh
a reply to: seeker1963

Damn!
I was hoping you'd see this. Clouds are rolling in now to the north.

I can see the moon off to the right looking south, but no stars. Hell, I know my vision is going, maybe it's getting worse.....

originally posted by: Bigburgh
a reply to: madmac5150

If you were in Wheeling WV, you would have seen this...

I'll take those Omen's and double down on Powerball and Horse Races.... pirates 🙄
Lol..

I grew up in Wheeling, WV. Most of my family is still there.

That's why I live in Idaho

a reply to: seeker1963

Yes the moon is visible to my W x SW.

Glasses bro.

a reply to: madmac5150

LoL..sounds like some of my family... i got out of dodge and fast.
You must have amazingly clear night skys there..
Northern Nevada had some great skys away from Reno.

originally posted by: Bigburgh
a reply to: seeker1963

Yes the moon is visible to my W x SW.

Glasses bro.

I thought I was going blind about 6 months ago. Sitting here at the PC and in both eyes all I could see was big dots of light, my eye muscles went all goofy, and man as much as hate going to a doctor, I got in and here it's an ophthalmic migraine.

Anyhow, thanks for the heads up! Would have been cool to see.

a reply to: Bigburgh
The ISS transit on good sightings is about 5 minutes, only reason I ask about the time frame. Maybe a high altitude spy plane test of some sort?

a reply to: Bigburgh

It was vaping like a fuzzy glow around it

I saw something very similar (fuzzy glow) in Seattle area a few years ago. It was a slow-mover like what you saw (about 10 minutes before out of site)... I was freaking out.

I never got confirmation what it was, but my best guess after researching a bit was one of those balloons with an LED inside