Hi Kim,
The two Dave's and I saw a UFO during a lunar eclipse. We all saw it in 20x80 binoculars as we tracked it through about a quarter of the sky. A moving object none of us could ID equals a UFO. We were adjacent to the Wendover Bombing Range. Thats all I will say, perhaps D. Bennett will concur. and in case any of you wanted any more on global warming history. "in 1976 the U.S. News & World Report described (with strong qualifications) the theories that the world would be getting cooler. The very next year the same magazine reported that "The world may be inching into a prolonged warming trend that is the direct result of burning more and more fossil fuels..." The ice-age theories, said the article, "are being convincingly opposed by growing evidence of human impact."(71) Similarly, in 1976 Business Week had explained both sides of the debate but reported that "the dominant school maintains that the world is becoming cooler." Just one year later, the magazine declared that CO2 "may be the world's biggest environmental problem, threatening to raise the world's temperature" with horrendous long-term consequences." "The change in press coverage was not due to any obvious change in the weather the winter of 1978-79 was the coldest on record for the United States. Nor was there any single scientific revelation, for amid the complexities of geophysics, no individual finding could ever be decisive. But several research results published in the mid 1970s (perhaps especially from computer models) swayed the opinions of scientists. In early 1978 the New York Times reported that a poll of climate scientists found them evenly divided on whether there would be warming, cooling, or no particular change. But the balance among the handful of top experts had shifted strongly toward the likelihood of warming. In the scientific journals, where articles are published only after critical review by scientist peers, a few articles had appeared in the early 1970s that projected cooling in future centuries. These papers had always been outnumbered by articles that either predicted warming or said it was premature to make any prediction. After the mid 1970s, the papers predicting global warming predominated and became increasingly numerous. The views represented in the scientific literature migrated, with the usual exaggeration and simplification, to science journalists." Erik I was just doing some work outside when I noticed a bright object directly
above my house. At first I thought it might be Venus, but it was so bright that I knew it couldnt be, and it was in the wrong location in the sky. I soon noticed that it was moving in a northeasterly direction, much more slowly than an airplane, and it appeared to be perhaps three or four thousand feet above me (my best guess). I grabbed my 9x2.5 binoculars, all that I could get to quickly, to see if I could identify the object. It was whitish, with no obvious shape in fact, it looked like it was continually changing shape or tumbling as I watched it, for perhaps one or two minutes. From where I was observing, it passed behind the house at an apparent altitude of about 20 degrees, but by the time I moved so that I could continue watching, it seemed to have vanished. I couldnt relocate it.
Obviously, Earth is under attack by unknown alien forces, so I recommend that everyone take appropriate action. Guy, get out your largest weapon. (Kidding )
I really am baffled by what I saw, and I have only one working theory: Perhaps it was a partially deflated and falling weather balloon. I simply couldnt see enough detail to identify it. If anyone else saw it, or has any other ideas, let me know. This is only my second bona fide UFO sighting. However, let me be clear: My definition of a UFO is something that flies and that is unidentifiable by those who observe it. I DO NOT believe that extraterrestrials ever have or ever will visit planet Earth. My first UFO sighting was at night, of a greenish object visible in the west from Rush Valley. It was likely a flare of some kind in use at Dugway by the military, but since it was moving in the sky and I couldnt identify it voila! a UFO.
OK, now we can all go back to debating global warming.
Kim
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