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Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: Mince Wobley on December 20, 2007, 04:39:27 pm
Today, about 05:18 UTC, I was watching TV and I saw something very bright and pretty in the cloudy sky, I thought it was a meteorite or maybe a missle but I found out it was some kind of reflection from a satellite. It was rather pretty and colorful, and it looked exactly like this:

(http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/54690/iridium01041418.jpg)

It's weird because everyone talks about satellite, but I never see them. But since I did see one now I actually believe they're real.

What about you, what interesting UFOs you've seen in your life? They don't need to be alien ships, just something you don't see very often and didn't know what they were at the time.
Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: Moriason on December 20, 2007, 04:40:48 pm
You didn't believe in...satellites until you saw this?
Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: Mince Wobley on December 20, 2007, 04:41:44 pm
I know they ARE real but it's hard to believe they are actually there in the sky, it's just impossible to see them most of the time.
Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: big ass skelly on December 20, 2007, 04:57:05 pm
Moon's the best satellite.
Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: bonzi_buddy on December 20, 2007, 04:58:39 pm
Quote from: Moriason on December 20, 2007, 04:40:48 pm
You didn't believe in...satellites until you saw this?
Because i believe there are satellites there EVEN IF I CANNOT SEE THEM

edit  :fogetgasp: HOLY, i didn't reliaze i phrased my words that badly, i mean this:
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<Moriason> Because i believe there are satellites there EVEN IF I CANNOT SEE THEM

<Ramci> Yeah, that's what i am saying :huh:​
Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: Mince Wobley on December 20, 2007, 05:02:14 pm
Because people are supposed to believe certain things without ever questioning, right but please don't ruin my topic

And apparently there is a race of people who watch those satellite flares just for entertainment
Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: Lyndon on December 20, 2007, 05:02:51 pm
That's a pretty cool photo. I've never see one in the sky before (other than the moon)
Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: kentona on December 20, 2007, 05:03:07 pm
I've often gazed up at the moon...


...and "race" of people?
Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: Lars on December 20, 2007, 05:10:11 pm
Quote from: Inri Cheetos on December 20, 2007, 05:02:14 pm
And apparently there is a race of people who watch those satellite flares just for entertainment
So other races watch them just for science, just for sexual reasons, just for materialism etc?

If I ever saw one I guess it'd be both intertaining and interesting what race does that place me in?
Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: Shadow Kirby on December 20, 2007, 05:34:25 pm
My race worship the steel Gods of the sky.
Bless your light on us Fox network satellite!
Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: goldenratio on December 20, 2007, 05:46:02 pm
wait. a satellite isn't a ufo.... its pretty identified (its a satellite)

today i saw a blood cell in a microscope its so cool i never believed they existed before butnow that i've seen one i know they are really there!
Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: Mama Luigi on December 20, 2007, 05:48:17 pm
Quote from: GoldenRatio on December 20, 2007, 05:46:02 pm
wait. a satellite isn't a ufo.... its pretty identified (its a satellite)
It was unidentified to him until he knew what it was.
Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: Mince Wobley on December 20, 2007, 06:21:16 pm
Quote from: GoldenRatio on December 20, 2007, 05:46:02 pm
wait. a satellite isn't a ufo.... its pretty identified (its a satellite)

today i saw a blood cell in a microscope its so cool i never believed they existed before butnow that i've seen one i know they are really there!

LOL I know but there are some things that even if you believe they're real and it's proven they're real you'll be surprised when you see them for the first time because they're so different from everything you've ever seen
Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: goldenratio on December 20, 2007, 06:28:59 pm
That's actually really true. It's like if you live in a big city your whole life, and you never see lots of stars in the sky. The first time you go somewhere where you can really see the stars, its breathtaking. You know there were lots of starts up there, but you had never seen them before.

I think you just chose your words poorly. It's not that you didn't believe there were satellites, you had just never seen one in action before and its very "humbling" in a way.
Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: dom on December 20, 2007, 06:36:51 pm
Quote from: Mark on December 20, 2007, 04:57:05 pm
Moon's the best satellite.
came here to post about the moon damn you
Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: Avatar on December 20, 2007, 08:47:03 pm
Quote from: GoldenRatio on December 20, 2007, 06:28:59 pm
That's actually really true. It's like if you live in a big city your whole life, and you never see lots of stars in the sky. The first time you go somewhere where you can really see the stars, its breathtaking. You know there were lots of starts up there, but you had never seen them before.

I think you just chose your words poorly. It's not that you didn't believe there were satellites, you had just never seen one in action before and its very "humbling" in a way.
Based on his past posts...I wouldn't be surprised if he actually meant he thought they DIDN'T exist. XD
Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: Teloch on December 20, 2007, 08:57:13 pm
My friends and I were chasing this thing in the sky for the last three months every Wednesday morning or so at like 5AM. we found out maybe two weeks ago, thanks to a guitar amp and Soundforge, that it was the ISS.

completely anticlimactic (i thought it was EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT from a local air force base) :(
Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: bible_basher on December 21, 2007, 09:26:30 am
Quote from: Inri Cheetos on December 20, 2007, 05:02:14 pm
Because people are supposed to believe certain things without ever questioning, right but please don't ruin my topic

And apparently there is a race of people who watch those satellite flares just for entertainment
and that's anymore freaky than NOT BELIEVING ANYTHING EXISTS TILL YOU SEE IT eh?
Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: Marcus on December 21, 2007, 09:37:45 am
How do you know it was a satellite?  How do you know it wasn't God winking at you?

On a serious note, I nearly pissed my pants when I first saw the Aurora Borealis.  Seeing it up close and personally is a pretty trippy experience and I'm surprised countries like Iceland and Greenland don't have a huge population of hippies who just sit around and toke on their joints 24/7.
Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: big ass skelly on December 21, 2007, 09:42:31 am
Quote from: angry black man on December 21, 2007, 09:37:45 am
On a serious note, I nearly pissed my pants when I first saw the Aurora Borealis.  Seeing it up close and personally is a pretty trippy experience and I'm surprised countries like Iceland and Greenland don't have a huge population of hippies who just sit around and toke on their joints 24/7.
A year or so ago this was actually my retirement plan, I'm not kidding.
Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: The Ghost on December 21, 2007, 12:14:31 pm
Quote from: angry black man on December 21, 2007, 09:37:45 am
How do you know it was a satellite?  How do you know it wasn't God winking at you?

On a serious note, I nearly pissed my pants when I first saw the Aurora Borealis.  Seeing it up close and personally is a pretty trippy experience and I'm surprised countries like Iceland and Greenland don't have a huge population of hippies who just sit around and toke on their joints 24/7.

I smell a sitcom!  :fogetcrazy:
Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: xanque on December 21, 2007, 05:26:00 pm
You can see some satellites when it's dark outside.  Those dim lights that are moving across the sky really fast are probably artificial satellites.

I was in Florida one time and we went to Cape Canaveral and found out that there was going to be a launch the next day.  The next morning, while we were camping pretty close to the center, it launched and shook everything, and then exploded.  It was pretty amazing. 
Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: JJ on December 23, 2007, 10:29:02 am
Yeah, during night I've seen dim lights moving across the sky that couldn't really be anything else than artificial satellites. Pretty cool though.

edit:

Or what do I know?  :gwa:
Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: kermit the toad on December 23, 2007, 03:35:57 pm
Quote from: Mark on December 20, 2007, 04:57:05 pm
Moon's the best satellite.
Indeed it is.
Title: Wohoooo I saw a satellite
Post by: irmaxks on December 23, 2007, 05:41:46 pm
if you look at a clear sky, sometimes you can see things which arent as bright as stars, and flash.
 occasionally.
im told these are satellites too, just from a great great distance.

nice pic thou !