Hi Patrick; I think you are quite wrong. While the object does look like a jet and a short contrail it's color gives it away. At any other time of year, I would suggest that the color is red because of its position relative to the horizon. But everyone knows that Santa's sleigh is red, that it is less than three weeks until Christmas and that he needs to be certified annually to fly his sleigh. So it is clear what the object is, Santa's sleigh. The only question that still remains to be answered is who is getting Coal this year. With natural gas being so high, I hope it's me. Happy Holidays, Ed Lunt --- Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> wrote:
Just before Ed posted his "What is it?" message I received another such query from Dan Pope at channel 4. He relayed a message from a lady in Vernal who took these pictures around 5:15 pm the evening of this past Sunday the 4th.
http://www.trilobyte.net/paw/temp/WHATISIT.JPG
The object was in the western sky, moving west. The pictures do not show it very well but she said the object was U shaped.
She estimates she watched it for about 3 minutes before it passed over the horizon.
The only thing I can come up with is a high altitude jet reflecting sunset red off its belly and the U shaped extensions being short lived contrails.
Any other guesses?
Patrick
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