On wednesday this week I witnessed something extremely interesting (to me at least). First off I live just outside of Pittsburgh, PA. To set the stage, the Moon, Saturn, Regulus, and Venus were in fairly straight line in the western sky. That in itself is kinda neat to look at. However, on Wednesday here in Pittsburgh, the International Space Station and Shuttle were visible. You can type HSF (Human Space Flight) in google to get websites detailing the time and location where flights will be seen in your area.

Now, I thought the Shuttle was to be docked with the ISS, but it was not. It actually trailed a few seconds behind the Station which again was pretty cool for me to see. These two fairly bright objects actually traveled a degree or so below the "line" of the planets and moon. They almost travelled parrallel to them. Very interesting!

I was in this forum and thought to myself, how many people who did not know about the ISS would have interpreted that as a UFO? Two bright high speed dots moving through the sky in perfect unison. Following the "Line of planets". No noise. Just what seems as perfect movement. I know there were no sharp angles and such but I can guarantee there are a lot of people out there who would interpret something like that wrong.

How many UFO sightings are of similar situations? I bet there are many.

Oh, I hear ya! I was watching them the other night, here by Chicago, and at one point in their trail across the sky, they would reflect the sun and get really bright for a few seconds. It almost felt like that reflection was my connection to our space program. Like I was connected. And, funny enough, I did think to myself that if someone didn't know what they were looking at, they'd freak a bit. It got REALLY bright for a bit.

So yeah, I agree.
Cuhail