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Originally Posted by Gem
Ok, let's hear about everyone's "doh" astro moments.
Mine goes back to 1995, when I had the ol' dob out for a night of observing at the end of Wagga Wagga's runway (one of the world's busiest airports  ). Great place for observing... however, I noticed intermittent lights in the sky. They were coming and going in all different locations. Not satellites (that was clear)... so what were they?? There was no noise either. Now I am a definite UFO sceptic but these were really bizarre! After an hour of scratching my head I went home... only to find out the next day that I was a couple of hundred metres from where they release weather balloons!!  |
Yeah, but were they releasing balloons at the time you were observing??. Most weather stations release balloons early in the morning and in the early afternoon, not at night. Any that were released in the afternoon would be long gone by the time you were around doing any observing.