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Originally posted by BlueMule
I've been so amazed by a sighting that I forgot to sleep that night...
Originally posted by Druscilla
reply to post by SpaceBoyPluto
How is it that it seems the more someone knows about the sky, what's in it, and what to expect from it, the less likely they are to ever see a UFO?
edit on 30-11-2012 by Druscilla because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by 1MrMarc
When I was about 10 my bought me the telescope I had begged for. After a week or so watching the skies, I saw what my mom thought was a satelite at first. We weren't using the telescope as we watched it. As it slowly passed, it then flared up bright red, not like an explosion but like a red neon light. Then disapeared. We still talk about it today, but never came to a conclusion as to what it was. So since we could not identify it, to me it is an UFO.
Originally posted by 1MrMarc
When I was about 10 my bought me the telescope I had begged for. After a week or so watching the skies, I saw what my mom thought was a satelite at first. We weren't using the telescope as we watched it. As it slowly passed, it then flared up bright red, not like an explosion but like a red neon light. Then disapeared. We still talk about it today, but never came to a conclusion as to what it was. So since we could not identify it, to me it is an UFO.
Originally posted by SpaceBoyPluto
Oops, title was too long! Sorry, I'm a bit new to ATS.
I have an interesting question for you all - has anyone else been so amazed by a sighting that they forgot to record?
Originally posted by Katharos62191
Sled735- Great story! Wish I had seen something like that!edit on 30-11-2012 by Katharos62191 because: (no reason given)
been so amazed by a sighting that they forgot to record?
Originally posted by Cauliflower
been so amazed by a sighting that they forgot to record?
Undoubtedly we tend to filter experience into our own preconceptions. That's the problem with trying to explain esoteric observations to others that don't share the same paradigm. If nobody you try to explain the observation too agrees with your speculation, it didn't happen. Even if you scribble formulas in the sand with a stick and babble to yourself all day people are just going to laugh and go home thinking you're nuts.
Protagoras was right - usually the person you are explaining too is the measure of all things, of the things that are, that they are, and of the things that are not, that they are not.