It is probably some new satellite recently put up into orbit. Remember the shuttle Atlantis was launched recently and did have some satillite payloads to take up there.

Also some of the already placed birds can be moved from point to point, such as survellance satellites.

Some of them are parked in such a way that they are always seeing sunlight, and as they spin, reflections of sunlight off of their solar pannels will produce "prisim" like effects, twinkling and such.

Let us know tho if this twinkling object gets bigger and becomes more sphere like as the days and weeks go by.



Cheers!!!!

I would say I have been watching this thing in the sky for at least a good 6 months if not longer, (northern minnesota) and I am almost sure that it has moved before and I cannot see it being anything natural. I see many odd things up in the sky around here I could sware I've actually seen more than one of this thing in the sky before. I really do not think it is a star or planet, if anyone can figure anything out would be great. I stare at those damn blinking lights every night when I smoke...

Yea that star has been puzzling me for a long time now, I live in London and I can see it looking south not that far left of Orion’s Belt it flashes in a multitude of colours. What is it?

There is a rather bright star/ light in the sky tonight.... Could be Jupiter I suppose... BUT its orbiting/ moving rather fast.

I doubt its anything other then my paranoia... But still

On my 1m wide window... Its moved about 20-30cm in the past 10 mins...

i saw this tonight, it looked like the brightest thing ive ever seen in the sky. it was like a bright star going really bright then dwindle to the point of dissappearance. have never seen anything liek it. through binoculars it seemed to have an fire ball like aurora that seemed to spin around it. bloody cloud has got in the way now tho. what is this? it is in the south west in s#horpe, england

I have seen these same lights. yes I say lights !!(more than one) I have been observing these since sept 2008 They are in the skies every clear night when the stars are out. usually about 6:30 they start to appear. One is always really bright and can be seen with the naked eye. If you look you will see that there are others that appear dimmer but also flicker blue red and white they look like a police cars lights flashing. If you turn around in a circle you will see they are in the north south east and west ect . With binoculars you can see them crisp and clear. I also looked at them with a telecope and they are really cool it looks like a circle with bright florecent pinks and bluish purple hues on the outside the inside looks like a bold black spiderweb and it appears to turn inside the circle . If you look in the sky for several hours you will notice they switch one may be flashing like crazy then will dim. Then one that was dim will flash like crazy and visa versa. I live in tennessee although I was in chicago and they are there as well I believe they can be seen in any ones sky just like the moon sun or stars can. Of course the best viewing is away from the city lights. I am quite amazed that there is very little information about them!!! Columbus discovered america I am interested to see if any astronomers will discover these beautifull colors in our skies. I have spent hours observing there behavior and I am very mystified . I have searched the web and have debunked several ideas such as satalites the star serius and frankly it is written to be an unidentified object Hmmm go figure.

Hi, it's me again in Oregon USA. I called an astronomer group and asked them about the "star" in question. They say it is a geostationary satellite that is positioned at this time so it is reflecting the sun brightly and with the different angles of the satellite would give the colorful effect we experience. I comfirmed with them it would be viewable all over the world, at this time, when ever it is night were ever you are. It seems new because of its positioning and will eventually change again. That worked for me, how about all of you???

I too have been watching this bright object from Southern California.
Curious I have been searching many web sites. This one is of interest.

share-international.org click on xmasmiracle

Yeah I have been watching this light for several months and been wondering what the *bleep* it is. It sets to west. It's so bright that I can see it easily even middle of the day.

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