Observing as I report with a spotting scope and binoculars
Attention was drawn skyward as a friend and I couldn't decide if the lights we were watching were an airliner or a small drone. Grabbed optics, confirmed it as a commercial flight heading north at a high alt. Continued to look at the stars when it hit us, some of the stars are moving. Moving, stopping for awhile, moving again. Changing directions multiple times. Some moving gracefully and others rapidly. Multiple different ones going different directions vanished for no reason, all stars still unobstructed around the spot they just disappeared in. Unable to make out any discernable details with optics. They must be extremely high in alt. Much higher than the airline that just flew through the same sky. Hard to say how many for sure. It's still taking place. We've also been tracking individual ones and likely missing several more. Bizarrely there are these incredibly fast moving (faster than meteors) streaks of pure white light that are all going in the same direction roughly SW to W. Only visible for literally just split second flashes. Most of them you can't look directly at before they're already gone. The sun is Rising now, stars are fading. These moving objects are still visible. I'm looking at Jupiter sitting high and bright directly in front of me, the rising moon is sitting right on my left shoulder. At "1:30" from me if Jupiter itself is the 12th hour on the clock face, is the section of sky these white lightning fast, faster than lightning actually, streaks are flashing. Only to my right and nowhere else. The moving objects are everywhere in the in my field of view of the sky. Some seem to be twinkling much like a star. Others are much more bold with contrast flashing from white to red, to blue, to white, to green, but very fast and unmistakably cycling through several different colors. Absolutely no sound of any kind. Truly a once in a lifetime moment right now. I'm in disbelief that I would ever find myself feeling obligated to report this, and that I'm getting to see this with my own eyes. Incredible is all I can say. I stare at the night sky all the time through different optics. I love looking at the same old moon face I see every time, like it's the first time up close. I like to take amateur photos of the moon, planets, and other things easily seen with very low cost equipment or my phone. I've never seen even 1 or 2 objects like this ever before. Suddenly they're absolutely all over the sky. My biggest regret now is that I didn't start looking much sooner.
Attention was drawn skyward as a friend and I couldn't decide if the lights we were watching were an airliner or a small drone. Grabbed optics, confirmed it as a commercial flight heading north at a high alt. Continued to look at the stars when it hit us, some of the stars are moving. Moving, stopping for awhile, moving again. Changing directions multiple times. Some moving gracefully and others rapidly. Multiple different ones going different directions vanished for no reason, all stars still unobstructed around the spot they just disappeared in. Unable to make out any discernable details with optics. They must be extremely high in alt. Much higher than the airline that just flew through the same sky. Hard to say how many for sure. It's still taking place. We've also been tracking individual ones and likely missing several more. Bizarrely there are these incredibly fast moving (faster than meteors) streaks of pure white light that are all going in the same direction roughly SW to W. Only visible for literally just split second flashes. Most of them you can't look directly at before they're already gone. The sun is Rising now, stars are fading. These moving objects are still visible. I'm looking at Jupiter sitting high and bright directly in front of me, the rising moon is sitting right on my left shoulder. At "1:30" from me if Jupiter itself is the 12th hour on the clock face, is the section of sky these white lightning fast, faster than lightning actually, streaks are flashing. Only to my right and nowhere else. The moving objects are everywhere in the in my field of view of the sky. Some seem to be twinkling much like a star. Others are much more bold with contrast flashing from white to red, to blue, to white, to green, but very fast and unmistakably cycling through several different colors. Absolutely no sound of any kind. Truly a once in a lifetime moment right now. I'm in disbelief that I would ever find myself feeling obligated to report this, and that I'm getting to see this with my own eyes. Incredible is all I can say. I stare at the night sky all the time through different optics. I love looking at the same old moon face I see every time, like it's the first time up close. I like to take amateur photos of the moon, planets, and other things easily seen with very low cost equipment or my phone. I've never seen even 1 or 2 objects like this ever before. Suddenly they're absolutely all over the sky. My biggest regret now is that I didn't start looking much sooner.
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Ashland
USA
Still Ongoing
Still Ongoing
46.56
-90.74
star
WI
Occurred : 7/25/2022 04:00 (Entered as : 07/25/2022 4:00 AM) Reported: 7/25/2022 2:45:27 AM 02:45 Posted: 9/9/2022 Location: Ashland, WI Shape: Star Duration: Still Ongoing Characteristics: There were lights on the object, The object left a trail, There was an aura or haze around the object, The object emitted other objects, The object changed color, There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
Observing as I report with a spotting scope and binoculars