Nov 3 1000 GMT -- rocket UFO to buzz Snot Waring's office in Taiwan

Current schedule is for new-generation Chinese big booster Long March 5 to launch from Hainan at 10:00 gmt nov 3 -- just at sunset on Hainan. The launch plume should be spectacular as it passes between northern Luzon and Taiwan an hour after local sunset. Somebody alert Waring to the show for his benefit. Expect major UFO videos if the sky is clear.

a reply to: JimOberg

I just want to know how snot plays into this all.

a reply to: nightbringr

Off topic comments are snot funny!

Hopefully we'll get some good pics.(and threads)...

originally posted by: nightbringr
a reply to: JimOberg

I just want to know how snot plays into this all.

OOps, typo for 'Scot'.

a reply to: JimOberg

I don't understand the UFO connection.

a reply to: 191stMIDET

Because people will see it, film it and call it a UFO not knowing it's man made

a reply to: JimOberg

A test or is there a payload?

Too bad it's way too overcast and rainy here to probably even see it from Luzon. I will still try a view. The sky can clear up quite quickly here.

So already you’re debunking if any UFO videos show up related to this launch, they must be bogus.
Maybe someone will capture a UFO dancing around the Long March, similar to what Airman Jacobs filmed at Vandenberg (see utube simulation here).
Or maybe a UFO won’t even let it get off the ground ie. Space X

It’s like you already know something will happen, and you have started your the spin.

How very exciting. I just happen to be in Koahshuing (southern Taiwan) on a trip and will have time to find a suitable location to be on the lookout.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

originally posted by: Discotech
a reply to: 191stMIDET

Because people will see it, film it and call it a UFO not knowing it's man made

Ahhhhhhh. Makes sense

Do we have any reports yet?

a reply to: Violater1


Jim like MANY of us on here know how gullible the ufo brigade are when youtube videos claim ufo it wont help we will still get threads with ufo claims.

Launch delayed, then scrubbed for the day. Maybe tomorrow.

The 'UFO connection' is that such highly-visible events gives an opportunity to calibrate eyewitness perception of unusual lights in the sky. It can be helpful in assessing other cases over the years.

originally posted by: JimOberg
Launch delayed, then scrubbed for the day. Maybe tomorrow.

The 'UFO connection' is that such highly-visible events gives an opportunity to calibrate eyewitness perception of unusual lights in the sky. It can be helpful in assessing other cases over the years.

Cool, I wonder if I can see it from Lantau, HK.

Might be too low on the horizon if at all.

I'll keep an eye out.

a reply to: JimOberg

I waited and watched from koahshuing Cijin beach for about an hour and didn't see or hear anything but it was quite cloudy.

I'm here for a few more days and hopefully the cloud cover will clear.

Would you mind sharing where you are getting your updates so I can keep an eye on when to watch?

It launched at 12:40 GMT, 2 hrs 40 min late. On its way into space now -- maybe somebody got it on video.

a reply to: JimOberg


The launch delay put the ascent path deep into Earth's shadow, so nothing should have been visible but dot of light of the engine flame itself.

Better luck next time, and there WILL be lots of 'next times', that launch site will be hosting more and more flights in the years ahead and once and awhile the illumination conditions will happen to create a massive sky spectacle.

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