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I was in my hottub, looking to the South, shortly before 8pm. I saw what I thought was an airplane, but there was no sound associated with it, and the 2 bright lights were not blinking, nor were they on \'wings\' like the typical airplane lights (we frequently see planes from the hottub). It was traveling horizontally across the sky, I\'d guess about 45-60 degrees above the horizon, going west to east (or slightly southwest to slightly northeast). Very bright (as bright as Venus), but there were 2 distinct lights, one directly behind the other, followed by a bright tail. It came into my line of sight from behind some trees, so I don\'t know where it started in the sky; it also disappeared into trees on the far end of the yard while still bright, and I couldn\'t spot it through the leaves. I had the feeling that the light was fading at that point, but I\'m not sure. It probably took about 10 seconds to travel across my line of sight - I wanted to run inside to get my husband, but was worried it would be gone by the time I got back. The light was so bright, it didn\'t seem like a regular shooting star. And I was puzzled about the path it took - across the sky instead of falling vertically. That\'s why I thought perhaps it was a plane - but it didn\'t look like a plane, with the lights in a horizontal line instead of across, and not blinking. I actually stood in the hottub watching where it had disappeared into the trees, thinking maybe there\'d be an explosion or something. There was no sound at all. The night was clear, although the wind was strong.
Googling this afternoon got me to an amateur website that mentioned someone from Mansfield, Mass. had noticed something about the same time last night; also in Nevada. Mansfield is about 20 miles from Medway, and also a small town with little light pollution.
It was fascinating. I\'ve seen plenty of shooting stars, but those have only been a fleeting \'shot\' of thin light, and seem to travel a very short period at a faster speed without any obvious target of direction (at least while able to see it with the naked eye). This was a much more definite traveling pattern across the sky. I\'ve also seen Halley\'s comet, but that travelled very slowly. This was much faster, although not as fast as the shooting stars I\'ve seen. And so bright! And 2 lights! |
