Comments on: Lights in the Sky http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/09/14/lights-in-the-sky/ Science, Environment, and Nature in the SF Bay Area Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:20:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ben Burress http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/09/14/lights-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-56304 Ben Burress Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:52:11 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/09/14/lights-in-the-sky/#comment-56304 I hadn't heard specifically of the North Carolina lights, sorry. But in general I'm aware of reports like this in many different places. It would be hard for me to comment, really, without actually seeing the lights; as observation of things in the sky goes, different people can interpret the same observed object or effect in different ways. I guess that all I can say with any certainty is that, in my lifetime, I've never observed anything in the sky that I wasn't able to identify or guess about as a "natural" object or phenomenon (natural in this case also pertaining to human-made objects). I hadn't heard specifically of the North Carolina lights, sorry. But in general I'm aware of reports like this in many different places. It would be hard for me to comment, really, without actually seeing the lights; as observation of things in the sky goes, different people can interpret the same observed object or effect in different ways. I guess that all I can say with any certainty is that, in my lifetime, I've never observed anything in the sky that I wasn't able to identify or guess about as a "natural" object or phenomenon (natural in this case also pertaining to human-made objects).

]]> By: Jaiemarie http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/09/14/lights-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-56296 Jaiemarie Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:12:21 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/09/14/lights-in-the-sky/#comment-56296 Don't really know who lse to send this question to, new at this seeing things in the sky thing. Have you heard anything about the twinkling, red, blue and yellow lights in North Carolina which seem to hover in one spot for seconds to hours, they will zig zag while in motion. There are many of us that have seen the "lights" in the sky but none of us know what they are, maybe you have heard something or seen something on the internet, I cannot find anything other than descriptions of UFOs, this is not shaped like those are described, it just seems to be long with twinkling lights. Sorry to bother you, don't know where to look on here. Thanks for your time. Don't really know who lse to send this question to, new at this seeing things in the sky thing. Have you heard anything about the twinkling, red, blue and yellow lights in North Carolina which seem to hover in one spot for seconds to hours, they will zig zag while in motion. There are many of us that have seen the "lights" in the sky but none of us know what they are, maybe you have heard something or seen something on the internet, I cannot find anything other than descriptions of UFOs, this is not shaped like those are described, it just seems to be long with twinkling lights.

Sorry to bother you, don't know where to look on here. Thanks for your time.

]]> By: Benjamin Burress http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/09/14/lights-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-18578 Benjamin Burress Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:50:44 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/09/14/lights-in-the-sky/#comment-18578 After posting my blog, I realized I could have included a couple more relevant pieces of information--namely, that both Venus and Sirius, which I showcase as sparkers of "what's that in the sky!?" calls, are becoming visible in the skies. Venus is currently playing her role as the "Morning Star," a very bright white flare low in the east just before sunrise. Sirius, now visible in the morning skies, rising around 3:00 AM, after Orion, will rise earlier and earlier, until it is a regular and accessible fixture in the evening winter skies. As if on cue to my blog, today I received two astonished emails asking what that bright thing is in the east just before dawn.... Told you. After posting my blog, I realized I could have included a couple more relevant pieces of information–namely, that both Venus and Sirius, which I showcase as sparkers of "what's that in the sky!?" calls, are becoming visible in the skies. Venus is currently playing her role as the "Morning Star," a very bright white flare low in the east just before sunrise. Sirius, now visible in the morning skies, rising around 3:00 AM, after Orion, will rise earlier and earlier, until it is a regular and accessible fixture in the evening winter skies. As if on cue to my blog, today I received two astonished emails asking what that bright thing is in the east just before dawn…. Told you.

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