Strange Light Effect over HK
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Anyone notice a strange light effect in the sky over Hong Kong/S. China last night? On the way up to Beijing and just passing over Hong Kong when we noticed quite a bright diffused sort of white light appear, a bit like the moon coming out from behind the clouds, except no moon and no high clouds. It got brighter before changing into a misty sort of trail behind a white point of light. The trail also reminded me a bit of a shock wave behind a high speed object. I would say very high altitude traveling from west to east at 1215 utc ( 2000 HK time). I don’t think it was re-entry debris as there was no burn up and it seemed to be at a constant, very high level. Maybe a comet but the very sharp point of white light at the front seemed to rule that out.
Any ideas guys….?
Any ideas guys….?
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i can see the light!!!
Yep got a good look at it. I too thought a fireball was heading my way!!
Closer examination though, it appeared to be a very bright and powerfull laser(?) light coming out of Macau!! I think the clouds in the area gave it that extra special shock wave effect.
Closer examination though, it appeared to be a very bright and powerfull laser(?) light coming out of Macau!! I think the clouds in the area gave it that extra special shock wave effect.
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I don't think it was a laser as we tracked the "object" after the initial light show for about two minutes. Could have been a satellite just caught by the sun's rays?? Will have a look on "Heavens Above" to see what's around at the moment.
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http://www.msnusers.com/my%20web%20d...ments/pictures. Now I'm off for a pint.
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So glad others saw it to.
We were at FL380 at about 2000 LT, tracking Kadlo to Elato and it passed down our right hand side. Very high and very fast, I would guess it was well up in the Stratosphere and doing Mach 3+.
At first we thought it was a full moon coming through the clouds as we flew towards the setting sun......but there where no clouds, just a fireball.
As it got closer it reminded me of when I saw Hayleys comet in the mid 90's. It glowed, was holding a constant trajectory and appeared to have a 'tail'.
As it passed abeam us the setting sun reflected off whatever it was and the sunlight was refracting through two really powerfull shockwaves....looked like a perfect V.
There was a secondry glow directly behind the object creating the shockwaves, in hindsight I think it was refraction through a strong contrail.
It then disappeared into the night over Taiwan.
I've had a good think about it, it was in the Earths atomsphere as it was creating a powerfull shockwave.......so therefore couldn't have been a satelite.
The only craft that would have the same sort of effect on the atomsphere would be a re-entering space shuttle, (this thing was maintaining level flight however)......the space shuttle was on the ground and I believe it re-enters the atomsphere as it nears the west coast of the US anyway.
So I don't know......need some help here.
I would guess the SR-71 going balls to the wall would have looked something like what we saw......but that has been retired for years.
Definitely NOT a laser from Macau
We were at FL380 at about 2000 LT, tracking Kadlo to Elato and it passed down our right hand side. Very high and very fast, I would guess it was well up in the Stratosphere and doing Mach 3+.
At first we thought it was a full moon coming through the clouds as we flew towards the setting sun......but there where no clouds, just a fireball.
As it got closer it reminded me of when I saw Hayleys comet in the mid 90's. It glowed, was holding a constant trajectory and appeared to have a 'tail'.
As it passed abeam us the setting sun reflected off whatever it was and the sunlight was refracting through two really powerfull shockwaves....looked like a perfect V.
There was a secondry glow directly behind the object creating the shockwaves, in hindsight I think it was refraction through a strong contrail.
It then disappeared into the night over Taiwan.
I've had a good think about it, it was in the Earths atomsphere as it was creating a powerfull shockwave.......so therefore couldn't have been a satelite.
The only craft that would have the same sort of effect on the atomsphere would be a re-entering space shuttle, (this thing was maintaining level flight however)......the space shuttle was on the ground and I believe it re-enters the atomsphere as it nears the west coast of the US anyway.
So I don't know......need some help here.
I would guess the SR-71 going balls to the wall would have looked something like what we saw......but that has been retired for years.
Definitely NOT a laser from Macau
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Can't get into the photos either, but going on the description I'd put my money on a meteor, or space debris.
There's a well known piece of film from, I think, the early 70's of a large meteor which grazed the atmosphere and was easily visible in daylight.
There's a well known piece of film from, I think, the early 70's of a large meteor which grazed the atmosphere and was easily visible in daylight.
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That would explain it, from what I saw this thing was in controlled flight.
Didn't they can the Aurora program in the early 90's because it cost 1 billion USD each time it took off?
Before you ask....no it wasn't a martian flying saucer
Didn't they can the Aurora program in the early 90's because it cost 1 billion USD each time it took off?
Before you ask....no it wasn't a martian flying saucer
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I can't imagine the American retired the SR71 without a replacement. I mean have they not managed to build ANYTHING since the 60's/70's??
Too secret to let out.
Can we please have the photos!!!
Too secret to let out.
Can we please have the photos!!!
