We Went Outside To Look At The Planets….I Saw Something Else For Less Than A Second…

It was like a flame in the sky and then it disappeared or went out. I don’t know what it was but it seemed really low down. And a few minutes later we saw a drone coming from the east and passing south of us. I had to come inside, looking up made the back of my neck hurt when I did it.

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Heartlander · 80-89, M

Briefly? Could have been an aircraft landing lights? They are both powerful and directional, and if the plane was turning you would only see them briefly. There are a slew of other lights, lights that could have been blocked by the airplane itself and are dim compared to the straight on beam of the landing lights.

Most planes also have an anti- collision light which is a rotating light, and from a distance the blending of it and the landing lights could come across as pulsing, or flame like.

Anything fast and burning, like afterburners on a jet engine would be stream like, resembling the business end of a plumber’s torch.

4meAndyou · F

I vote for spent meteorite.

Heartlander · 80-89, M

@4meAndyou When I was about 17 I witnessed one of the big ones, a big meteorite that screeched across the night sky that made the night look like day, for 5 or 10 seconds. I was so relieved when it vanished under the horizon and the earth didn't break in two. The news the next day was that it landed in the Gulf about 150 miles away.

FreddieUK · 70-79, M

Perhaps a meteorite just ending its journey.

Musicman · 61-69, MVIP

I wonder if the two were connected? I hope your neck feels better ☺

MethDozer · M

Probably a sky lantern

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@MethDozer I thought of that, but it was very brief.

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