What in the world is this "thing"?
Posted 20/03/2011 - 23:45
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"Iran loves to bang on about its 2,500 year civilisation and boast of its scientific prowess. Although most of its history as a world power, and scientific advances, were made when it was religiously tolerant.
This is the second time that Iran has made a strange scientific claim. Four years ago Iran claimed to have invented a 'super-modern' radar-evading flying boat."
From http://www.techeye.net/science/iran-builds-flying-saucer
I think it's the boat. LOL
This is the second time that Iran has made a strange scientific claim. Four years ago Iran claimed to have invented a 'super-modern' radar-evading flying boat."
From http://www.techeye.net/science/iran-builds-flying-saucer
I think it's the boat. LOL
Posted 21/03/2011 - 08:13
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It's a weather balloon.
Posted 21/03/2011 - 10:02
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It's a tin-foil balloon with a snoopy doll tied to it.
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Posted 21/03/2011 - 10:04
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Posted 21/03/2011 - 10:23
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It is a dust mite living on your sensor!
I think it is a weather balloon really.
I think it is a weather balloon really.
Posted 21/03/2011 - 10:36
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Posted 21/03/2011 - 11:22
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I think the balloon part isn't nearly big enough (in relation to the thing it's carrying) to be a weather balloon. Weather balloons are big, and only get bigger the higher they go!
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Posted 21/03/2011 - 11:28
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Simon Templar?
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Posted 21/03/2011 - 11:52
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Almost certainly a Chinese lantern. There was a whole string of them floating over West London on Bonfire Night.
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Posted 21/03/2011 - 12:17
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It's not a Chinese Lantern (who lets them off during the day?) Tim has it right, I'm sure. It looks like a silver helium party balloon with something hanging from it - probably another balloon which has burst! I remember seeing one of these floating (slowly rotating) through the air a few years ago, and was convinced I was seeing something not-of-this-world, until my eyes locked on properly and I suddenly realised what it was!
Posted 21/03/2011 - 12:22
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Chinese lanterns (which are banned here btw) are a single balloon with a small flame under them. They don't last very long either. That is clearly two pieces.
Banned as they are the neighbours launched a few at new Year. I just hope they didn't come down on anyone's thatch. They are banned because they are a fire hazard, a danger to aircraft and a danger to animals once they burn out and land - small pieces of wire are left which cows and sheep can, and do ingest.
My bet is still a weather balloon or other scientific balloon - the lab I worked at used to launch them for studying the Ionosphere. I believe they were designed so they became a parachute on the way back down so the equipment could be recovered.
Though since it seems to have a halo maybe it is an angel .
Banned as they are the neighbours launched a few at new Year. I just hope they didn't come down on anyone's thatch. They are banned because they are a fire hazard, a danger to aircraft and a danger to animals once they burn out and land - small pieces of wire are left which cows and sheep can, and do ingest.
My bet is still a weather balloon or other scientific balloon - the lab I worked at used to launch them for studying the Ionosphere. I believe they were designed so they became a parachute on the way back down so the equipment could be recovered.
Though since it seems to have a halo maybe it is an angel .
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I was taking photos of the airplanes that flew past us overhead, I live in Ealing, West London so Heathrow isn't that far. Then I noticed this "thing" in the sky and when I tried taking a photo of it, upon inspection, could not think what exactly it is.
Here's what I'm talking about:
I shot a few photos and this thing changed sizes and eventually disappeared in the sky. Could it have been a:
1. Satellite?
2. Space station?
3. Celestial body?
4. UFO?
5. Military drone?
6. That big camera in the sky we always thought didn't exist. But hey.
Looking forward to your ideas and hoping someone at the very least enlighten me on this "thing".
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