posted on Jul, 10 2009 @ 02:52 AM
Ok I am outside drinking a beer and having a smoke, but this idea just popped into my head as I spot Jupiter from my light-polluted suburban
backyard.
Why dont astronomers ever mention UFOs?
People who see or photograph UFOs are usually amateurs or enthusiasts. Who don't ever mention their knowledge of the beautiful annual play of the
night sky (as far as astronomy goes).
People who always mention the beautiful play of the night sky, astronomers, amateur and professional alike, I have never seen mention UFO sightings.
Professional astronomers make their living because they love it and they make their living sitting around looking through telescopes and analyzing
computer data about the night sky. Many astronomers, even non-professional amateurs, routinely discover and describe new objects that add to our
collective astronomical knowledge database.
BTW pilots of commercial and military see them, but why not hobbyist skywatchers or professional astronomers who spend their lives watching the night
sky?
I/ve always hoped or wanted to spot a UFO, but havent yet. Yet I do watch the sky (for birds during the day, cosmos at night) and have never seen one.
And tonight I am surprised to notice a very bright planet next to the moon at about 2:20 AM friday July 10 2009. I am surprised because I am
accustomed to pointing out that these bright points are actually planets, not stars. (If you look at one whole quadron of the night sky and only see
one or two or three stars amid the light pollution, plus the moon, plus a very very bright 'star,' the bright star is most likely a planet. Most
likely Mercury or Venus or Jupiter, and in my location at this time of year I am seeing a very bright and beautiful Jupiter tonight. The clean
circular shape and 3 or 4 of its moons are easily visible in 8x binoculars.
So while I am kicking myself for just now remembering (through observance) that a planet is in good visibility this season, I wonder..... why do you
never see professional skywatchers or hobbyist skywatchers talking about unusual stuff or UFOs? They are the ones most often turning their very
curious gazes to the night skies. Amateur astronomers organize local 'star parties' to hang out and enjoy the wondrous night sky. These regularly
occurring collective gatherings of night sky enthusiasts would seem to be the most likely folks to see and report and probably document a solid UFO
sighting, with plenty of corroboration between the multiple observers present. But how often do you see a UFO report from such gatherings, or from any
professional or amateur astronomer?
I am not contradicting UFOs in general or the validity of sightings in general... it just seems perplexing to me that the most likely folks to witness
a nighttime UFO would be astronomers who sit outside and night and stare at the sky...
UFO witnesses and reports always seem to come from just a random Joe who cant use a camera (or doesnt have a camera or any optics at all), or a
commercial/military pilot who might have some duty to report “UFOs”
What gives?
I watch the night sky more than most folks, and I am quite capable with optics and photography, and I can identify most of what I see in the sky day
or night, but have yet to observe a true UFO per se.
I have strong confidence that there is endless live in the universe and UFOs (manmade or ET) exist, and it is certainly plausible that ETs have, do,
or will visit our earth. But I am just curious about how the most likely folks to spot them, don't report them.
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