can anyone here possibly explain what i witnessed last night?

op here forgot to mention im a girl

>>17279856
???
fuck off faggot

>>17279850
where are you located? what time was it? in what direction was the object in? you mention North East, is that right?

>>17279874
im located in Central New York. i know Fort Drum is north of me but i rarely see anything from there pass by my house maybe a helicopter every once in a while in the summer but nothing in the winter. as for the direction it was in aspect to the earth it would be going south while either gaining altitude making it seem to rise or it traveled south west getting closer to me

>>17279874
forgot the time it was around 1230pm

>>17279886
Was there anything to suggest it wasn't a star? If you saw it change slightly after a few hours, it makes sense it was a star. If you saw it in the South, that's where Sirius, is, the brightest in the sky.

>>17279939
everything about it made it seem like a star except it was unusual bright compared to the stars near it and like i said when i started to watch it it was very clearly visibly moving in relation to the stars around it but at a very slow pace but not so slow that its unnoticeable

im not sure on what stars are what from my viewpoint out of my window. if it wasn't cloudy i could take a picture out of it right now to show you the stars that i can see ill keep checking to see if it clears

>>17279951
Here's what you will see. I marked Orion's belt. Use that as an arrow to find Sirius. You can notice in this program how brighter Sirius will appear compared to other stars. It is honestly surprisingly bright, nearly as bright as Venus which gets mistaken as a UFO.

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>>17280238

>>17280238
the clouds have cleared but im a dumb ass and thought i would be able to photograph the stars that are present. one noticeable star formation that could be used to locate the spot i saw it is there is a very uniform line of 3 stars al perfectly together in a straight line, surly that must be some type of constellation no? also it is worth noting that the unusually bright light light that was present that night is no longer in view in the area in which i preciously saw it so i doubt its a star but then again what do i know

>>17280245
could the line of stars im seeing the line directly above the red line indicating Sirius? sure looks like it except they seem to be all equally bright unlike that picture

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>>17280268
>>17280275
Yeah, the red arrow is next to the 3 stars. Pic related.
That will always point to Sirius, the brightest star in your sky. If you're sure what you saw isn't Sirius, compare it to the others. If it's not them, then I guess you saw a UFO.

>>17280292
i appreciate you trying to figure this out with me. im obviously skeptical on it being a UFO but i will defiantly be paying more attention to the constellation and familiarizing myself with the stars around me in case something similar should happen again

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>>17280308
Cool, and no problem.
If you ever see another unexplained light, take note of the time, go to this site:
http://www.heavens-above.com
set your location (important, top right) and look for visible satellites. Compare them to the location you saw them in, bla bla.

>>17280340
will do, thanks again.

>>17279856
You're probably just delusional cuz you bleed from your pvzzy

Oh and I'm a guy

>>17279850
It was probably just the ISS

>>17279856
Tits or GTFO

>>17280360
>>17280372

I'm pretty sure its safe to say that >>17279856
is just some obnoxious anon being a massive faggot and not actually OP

>>17280368
its defiantly possible... im not sure how i would be able to figure out if it was or not but its still entirely possible

>>17280387
yea you hit the nail on the head with that idk who that fag was

>>17280372
Wrong board >>>>>>/b/>>>>>>

>>17280397
Honestly, everything you've said so faf points to it being the ISS. If you want more confirmation there's probably some kind of tracker online where you can check the position of it and determine if it would be visible from where you live.

>>17280471
ill check it out, thanks

>>17280481
Np it's refreshing to meet another open mind on here for once :)

>>17280493
likewise, anon :)

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