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cheekbones3 ([personal profile] cheekbones3) wrote2006-06-04 03:51 am
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Edinburgh weird sky

Ah, a lovely night of silliness with Earthy people, and others.

Strange occurrence on the way to the party however, at about 11.45pm we (myself and Lorraine) saw a weird red light in the sky, sort of like a red firework, but higher up. It was moving slowly but erratically across the sky when I saw it (from the Junction of Newington Road and Salisbury place and it moved in the southern sky from west to east at an elevation of about 50 degrees. It kept almost stopping, and it was also fluctuating in brightness a little, but it was approximately magnitude -2 in general, something around the brightness of Jupiter I think.

It then got to a point just past due south after about five minutes of me staring up at it (and Lorraine getting cold and bored), and began to fade while staying in the same relative position in the sky, still changing brightness eratically, but fading more and more. Eventually, it got too dim to be seen, came back into view once or twice as it fluctuated, then was gone. I've certainly never seen anything like it (maybe I'll post about the other UFO I saw years ago at some point), and will be looking about in the morning to see if there are any reports of multiple reports to the police or whatever, as sometimes pops up on the news.

Did anyone else see this? It was pretty noticeable, and rather weird.

[identity profile] neferet.livejournal.com 2006-06-04 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
rings bells. I know I've seen it before. I know I know what it is. but it's really annoying that I can't qite see it....

[identity profile] cheekbones3.livejournal.com 2006-06-05 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Any further ideas?
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[personal profile] zz 2006-06-04 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
hannah must've farted.

[identity profile] cheekbones3.livejournal.com 2006-06-04 09:47 am (UTC)(link)
Wouldn't that have been green?

[identity profile] softlyspoken.livejournal.com 2006-06-04 09:59 am (UTC)(link)
maybe it was just a flare or something? they pulse for quite a few minutes before they fade out, and either drift or hang in the air depending on the wind?

[identity profile] cheekbones3.livejournal.com 2006-06-04 10:37 am (UTC)(link)
Aye that's plausible, although it didn't seem to be changing height at all.

[identity profile] sharmaya.livejournal.com 2006-06-04 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Rather weird? I'll tell you what was rather weird... Waking up on Claire's settee this morning, after a dream involving aliens landing in Edinburgh. We didn't know whether the Race For Life would be cancelled, but you were keeping everyone up-to-date on your LJ. It was all rather funny. A short while later, once I'd laughed about the madness of the dream with C&T, Claire switched her computer on, and we read your LJ.

o.O

[identity profile] cheekbones3.livejournal.com 2006-06-05 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
*grin* I know your dreams!

Ready for a few drinks in Carlisle one weekend soon?

[identity profile] sharmaya.livejournal.com 2006-06-05 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I really am, but I have no 'weekends soon'... aargh. Umm... my next free weekend is that of July 22nd. Is that okay for you???

[identity profile] cheekbones3.livejournal.com 2006-06-05 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I suppose it will have to do! You're in the diary :)