[–] Motoko 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I was out at Stockton lake in Missouri with my dad for a bit of very early morning catfishing. We weren't catching a dann thing so we decided to do a bit of star gazing. We had picked out multiple satellites zipping around and unfocusing your eyes you could easily see three at a time. Finally the first light started to peek above the horizon and I remember it vividly like a ball of plasma (most of my memories of sunrises aren't nearly so vivid). So there's this huge contrast of empty space and a sliver of molten yellow and we start tracking another seemingly larger satellite heading right towards the rising sun. Its trajectory seemed to shallow out and run nearly parallel to the horizon. Then it caught the light of the sun and lit up like a ball of fire in the sky. I thought I was witnessing a satellite in orbit in the perfect position to reflect first light right into our eyeballs. But I will never forget what happened next. It SLOWED DOWN once it was directly inside the sunrise and instead of passing over the horizon it leveled out and passed behind the trees, still reflecting all that light. What was probably 10-15 seconds felt like an eternity watching it sail above and then behind the trees. After it was gone I looked at my dad and asked "What was that?" and he kept staring at the sky, then said "Were not catching anything, lets go back."
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[–] swinston79 ago
Mid 1980s Ohio,saw a green triangle in the sky above my Grandparents house,thought it was the local airport fog light,saw a report about it on WSYX news that night,people were reporting it in 3-4 States.
[–] WillinglyFallible ago
1996 California somewhere near Diego, I walked out of my hotel room and saw what looked like the heavens opening up. Middle of the night and there is just a huge crack in the middle of the sky leading to daylight? Not a UFO but definitely struck me as something alien.
[–] MakeNoERROR ago
I saw one when I was 8 years old, it was just casually sitting in the sky around an hour before sunset.