Bright flashing "star" in sky, page 5

Hey guys, I myself have not physically myself viewed this star, however I have been doing my research online on youtube checking out all the videos from people all over the place who have been videoing this bright object. Some say it is Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Sirius etc yet no-one has come across with concrete evidence of what this is, which I find concerning.

This video is one of the best I have found so far with the chap zooming in first to the moon (can see the craters on the surface) then to the bright object in the sky - so you can judge yourself:


www.youtube.com...

One of the guys went to his friend who is astronomer in Norway to check it out, his friend said this:

"I contacted an astronomer here in Norway; he could not give me an answer. He tried but told me that they were not allowed to search that area."

So what does this mean? I'll also leave that upto you to decide for yourself

reply to post by Nizzmo

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hi i have also noticed this star. i have been seeing it for a few years. it changes from blue, red, and white. but tonight when i want out side it was just above the mountain line and it was very bright, brighter then i have noticed before. i came back in side googled flashing star in the sky and i read your post. this took about 10 mins give or take and then i retured outside to see what part of the sky it was in and it had moved two finger widths above the moutain and to the south east i was very amazed at how fast it moved and it kinda freaked me out. i look at the stars alot, as i have to smoke out side and i have never seen a star move that fast. i am really starting to wonder if it is a star at all. if you get any real answers i would like to know, you can email me at middlejerm@hotmail.com. i just dont understand how it could move that fast considering that the earth is not rotating that fast?

reply to post by ngchunter

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sunset in the uk is at about 4:50-5:20

its in the sky from then going south to west, but stays in the sky till about 10pm way after venus should of set + gets a lot higher then venus, and Jupitar should not be that bright

reply to post by TreX-UK

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Well I'll look for anything out of the ordinary tonight, but honestly it sounds like sirius. Have you checked to see if it matches with anything in Stellarium?

reply to post by ngchunter

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noticed sirrus the other night it wasnt so bright as to cause a haze if there was thin cloud, if you know what i mean.

Where as this thing will shine though cloud

reply to post by ngchunter

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I just saw something similar tonight about 40 min ago near the horizon. It sorta matches sirius in Stellarium but looked way to big for a star. A very bright pulsing red blue and white light. It looked more like wing lights from a plane that wasnt moving. Its likely what i saw was Sirius, but i've never seen seen it sparkle in different colors so constantly like that, the intervals between the red and blue were constant at about one second while the white was sort of a blur. i'm going to watch for it again tommorow night around the same time.

reply to post by TreX-UK

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Well if I were there in person I'm sure I could identify it. It still sounds like sirius to me, but if it's not that it must be something local to you because I haven't seen anything out of the ordinary the last few nights.

reply to post by Anonymous ATS

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On the news? Yeah, right... The news doesn't share any TRUE events happening. There are LOTS of events happening across the planet right now. They are not talking about ANY of the events. Also, don't listen to anyone who walks around, with their head down, texting on cellphones and listening to ipods' all day. They are completely LOST! I went out to zoom in on a couple of these stars. There is very big one, then about 3 other stars that blink colors.

reply to post by Nizzmo

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I have seen the same thing only up here in the northern hemisphere in Michigan, I saw it in Cali also while at NTC.

I first noticed it years ago, and posted about it, but no one else saw it and thought I was smoking something.

It moves and is not stationary, but it does follow the same path each time I've sen it. Pointed it out to many people and they saw it but have no ideas also.

I really which I had a high power scope to view it. My neighbor has a powerful one with a laser that tracks objects, but it is winter and too cloudy this time of year.

reply to post by ADVISOR

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I'll comment, too. I live in the Los Angeles area, and most nights I notice this thing, too. It is fairly low on the horizon, to the West/Southwest/West by Southwest direction. It flickers white, red, and blue very rapidly. It is odd, because at first I thought it was scintilation, but it does not appear in the same spot every night like Venus does. It would be nice to know what this thing is, if in fact it is not a star. My guess would be a satellite first, comet second, and if not those then I would go out on a limb and say some kind of spacecraft.

[edit on 2/23/2009 by pjslug]

I am 90% sure it is Aldebaran - it's a star 65ly away.

en.wikipedia.org...

NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft, which flew by Jupiter in 1973 will reach and pass by Aldebaran in about two million years.

Anyway, it's been very visible in Australia so I checked and double checked on Stellarium and it is the only object in the area that it could possibly be.

So there ya go.

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