Many years ago while sweeping the sky with binoculars I saw a tight formation of three small, faintly glowing stylized chevrons moving quickly and silently through my field of vision. They were way too slow to be a meteor, but much faster than any aircraft or satellite. I followed them for several seconds with the binoculars. That image stayed with me for about a decade as an amazing yet inexplicable mystery until I came upon photographs of meteor trains and I finally understood what I'd seen. My point with all of this is that over time you'll probably discover a workable explanation for what you were seeing, too. Meanwhile, enjoy the phenomenon! Seth Jarvis -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+sjarvis=slco.org@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+sjarvis=slco.org@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 7:12 AM To: Utah-Astro Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Odd objects On more than one occassion, and over a span of decades, I have seen completely dark objects, "flying" in straight-line paths at night. Detected only by their silhouettes, as stars and the Milky Way winked-out when they passed. Always very fast, 10-20 degrees per second. At first I thought about bats, owls or some other nocturnal bird, but they usually fly in a formation of 3. Completely soundless, even minutes afterwards- so I don't think they could be supersonic jets. When they were detected, it was usually several times during the same night, sometimes multiple passes over parallel courses. Then no sightings for years and years. I have seen them mostly over the desert, can't recall seeing them over an alpine location. Anybody else ever notice these things? Any ideas besides hallucination? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com