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originally posted by: AboveBoard
a reply to: draknoir2
I see what you are saying.
I am in the same boat (one with flares and an artillery launcher?? lol!), though I have not taken "unidentified" off the table as a final answer yet.
Would such flares create a big to-do - like Coast Guard and search and rescue?? Unless it was military... But how would Greer have foreknowledge of the precise location of a military exercise including flares, and then schedule his group for the exact spot to view them from several months later?
I'm still mystified.
I have to say, I really appreciate everyone digging in a bit to look at this!! I am learning tons!!
peace,
AB
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originally posted by: Glassbender777
They could be satellites that are reflecting the sunlight off the solar panels, but I don't think the lights would have stayed aloft for as long as they did. satellites usually only take around 30 seconds or so to transit across the sky in the right place for the sun to glint off the solar panels. TO me these really do look like flares, I mean no disrespect, its just what i'm observing. Another troubling factor is that the lights dont seem to be held in place by anything very big, the second light that pops up, seems to somewhat move a little as if it really is being held up by a parachute.
originally posted by: Vasa Croe
The earths rotation could easily account for that in that amount of time on the horizon.
Here is a video of a sunset....click play, look at position of sun, then click on the 36 second mark and see how far it has moved.....appears about the same distance as the OP video gif you made....if you make a gif of this one I would bet they are almost dead on for distance the both "appear" to move, though they are not really moving....the earth is rotating.
These are flare stacks that appear to move with earths rotation.
originally posted by: AboveBoard
a reply to: elevenaugust
That was a convincing way of pulling together the argument for flares, elevenaugust! I love that you made the effort to do that and I am learning from you!! (bows)
Given the horizon line, the lights on the clouds and the curvature of the earth factor, is it possible at all to determine how far out the lights are?
It sounds easy - hire a boat (or two depending on how fast the boat was...), coordinate the launch of flares based on a specific timetable...except... I dunno - these are, if anything, the "good stuff" as someone said - military grade. I don't think that's as easy to pull off as some think. That would, from what I've read, immediately trigger a response from the Coast Guard who are obligated to investigate. That is a risk, as it can't be legal for someone to have a launcher like that, or for regular citizens to be pumping those into the air...
Flares are a reasonable mundane answer, to a point. I still see the fall-back on "well, it's Greer, so it has to be fake."
In any case, I am an eager student and I'm really fascinated with this discussion. Thanks again!
- AB
originally posted by: draknoir2
originally posted by: Willtell
Believe the person or incident or not I would suggest.
But the mocking of this person and his or her contribution IS TO ME UNACCEPTABLE.
Then accept it or not, I would suggest.
originally posted by: AboveBoard
a reply to: elevenaugust
That was a convincing way of pulling together the argument for flares, elevenaugust! I love that you made the effort to do that and I am learning from you!! (bows)
Given the horizon line, the lights on the clouds and the curvature of the earth factor, is it possible at all to determine how far out the lights are?
It sounds easy - hire a boat (or two depending on how fast the boat was...), coordinate the launch of flares based on a specific timetable...except... I dunno - these are, if anything, the "good stuff" as someone said - military grade. I don't think that's as easy to pull off as some think. That would, from what I've read, immediately trigger a response from the Coast Guard who are obligated to investigate. That is a risk, as it can't be legal for someone to have a launcher like that, or for regular citizens to be pumping those into the air...
Flares are a reasonable mundane answer, to a point. I still see the fall-back on "well, it's Greer, so it has to be fake."
In any case, I am an eager student and I'm really fascinated with this discussion. Thanks again!
- AB
originally posted by: Vasa Croe
After seeing that post from elevenaugust, I am thinking it may be flares as well. Either way, it is NOT Alien contact as Greer says it is.....