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You definitely don't want to poo yourself while upside down.
It's ok to do that in Australia.
You definitely don't want to poo yourself while upside down.
Viewing through this video clip, I believe I've stumbled on a UFO in the midst of this 'sprite' storm sequence.There are various potential threads...
If previously unseen, I wondered if this might be of interest.
It features some remarkable footage.
Tremendous work and that is really interesting...!Viewing through this video clip, I believe I've stumbled on a UFO in the midst of this 'sprite' storm sequence.
Far too old for Blue Peter Badges... but thanks for the 'Comfortable' approval.Tremendous work and that is really interesting...!
Thank you and if I had a spare Blue Peter badge to hand...
Why is this not a plane?Viewing through this video clip, I believe I've stumbled on a UFO in the midst of this 'sprite' storm sequence.
So, I've sequenced clips of the journey of this 'UFO/Object' at each significant change of it's form and path...
*Capture A ~ the beginning of it's flight path.
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*Capture B ~ object splits into two lights
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*Capture C ~ object changes angle of climb
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*Capture D ~ changes form and flight path - now
shows up as being one object
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*Capture E ~ object diminishes in size and stops...
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*Capture F ~ object changes course after making an
instant 90 degree turn, then vanishes completely!
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Hi 'Sharon:' Well, it just strikes me as being more than just 'a bit odd' that if it is a plane as you suggest, would it take off and fly around and into an electrical storm like that one. Also the fact that it appears to quickly change it's flight path, form and angle several times before it reaches the apex of it's flight path, then make a sudden fast and short (as it appears to be) 90 degree turn and then to vanish altogether. I think those are good enough reasons to suggest the question of "what exactly is captured in this video?"Why is this not a plane?
Light is constant - doesn't appear to blink in the turn?when it stops, isn't it just moving directly towards or away from us?
when it stops, isn't it just moving directly towards or away from us?
You're assumption is probably the simpler (easiest) explanation ~ as it does look like there could be an airport in the immediate area (seeing as the second plane takes a more direct line of take-off). It's just that the one in question seems to take on a different guise as it makes it's more erratic climb and final sudden turn.I say it's a normal aircraft turning. I also saw another one in another part of the video that flies more directly. Aircraft can operate in storms, especially when they are not in the immediate area. This is the far simpler explanation than UFO.
Does anyone have an Idea what this capture might be, which occurs a little later in the video?I say it's a normal aircraft turning. I also saw another one in another part of the video that flies more directly. Aircraft can operate in storms, especially when they are not in the immediate area. This is the far simpler explanation than UFO.
After watching this object come into view, then move towards it's final disappearance, it seems that it's a meteorite - approaching - then falling through Earths atmosphere - and finally - burning up!Does anyone have an Idea what this capture might be?
*See video above... 'Comfortably Numb' #36
Mysterious, Upside-Down Lightning May Not Be a Freak Phenomenon After All
One kind of lightning is so strange and rare, in fact, that we didn't even have concrete evidence it existed until 1990, when researchers identified its signature 'rocket-like' motion in video shot from NASA's Space Shuttle the previous year.
Later dubbed 'blue jets', the streaks are now recognised as brilliant flashes of light that last just a few hundred milliseconds, as lightning streaks upwards from the clouds and into the stratosphere. ...
We can't easily see this phenomenon beneath a curtain of clouds - but that doesn't mean scientists can't observe it from above them. Some 400 kilometres (250 miles) above the planet orbits the International Space Station, and for some time, instruments aboard have been watching for these mysterious flashes of upside-down lightning.
Now, after being installed in 2018, a European Space Station observatory equipped with optical sensors, photometers, and detectors for gamma and X-radiation has recorded five blue flashes from the top of a storm cloud, one of which ended with a blue jet streaking high into the stratosphere.
These rare glimpses provide some valuable insight into the onset of the mysterious discharges ...
On 26 February 2019, the Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) observatory recorded five blue flashes, around 10 microseconds long each, in the top of a stormcloud, not far from the island of Nauru in the Pacific Ocean.
One of these flashes produced a blue jet, reaching as far as the stratopause - the interface between the stratosphere and the ionosphere, at an altitude of about 50 to 55 kilometres (around 30 to 34 miles).
In addition, the observatory recorded atmospheric phenomena called ELVES (short for Emission of Light and Very Low Frequency perturbations due to Electromagnetic Pulse Sources). These are expanding rings of optical and ultraviolet emission in the ionosphere that appear above storm clouds, lasting just a millisecond or so ...
Red emission from the leader, however, was faint and very limited. This, the research team said, suggests that the leader itself is very short and localised, compared to fully developed lightning leaders between the ground and clouds.
This also suggests that the flashes and the blue jet itself are a type of discharge streamers: branched, writhing sparks striking out of high voltage sources, like Tesla coils, on a chain-reaction of ionising air particles.
"We propose then, that the UV pulses are elves that are generated by the streamer flash currents, rather than by lightning currents," the researchers write in their paper.
The flashes, they believe, are similar to narrow bipolar events. These are high-power radio-frequency discharges that occur inside clouds during thunderstorms, which are known to trigger lightning within the cloud. The blue flashes in the cloud tops, the team said, are likely the optical equivalent of this phenomenon, and can develop into blue jets. ...
The credit on the left hand side of the video says it's from the Gemini Observatory, which narrows it down to Hawaii (Gemini North) or Chile (Gemini South). I think it's probably the Hawaii location.Time lapse video of lightning showing sprites shooting upwards. Looks like it taken on a mountain observatory site - doesn’t say where.
FULL STORY: https://www.sciencealert.com/rarely-seen-red-sprites-have-been-glimpsed-in-the-sky-above-chileRarely Seen 'Red Sprites' Have Been Glimpsed in The Sky Above Chile
This new image, taken of the skies above Chile's Atacama Desert near the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) La Silla Observatory, shows bright red streaks in the sky known as red sprites.
Red sprites are large-scale electrical discharges that occur high above thunderstorm clouds, usually triggered by the discharges of positive lightning between an underlying thundercloud and the ground.
However, the red sprites appear high in Earth's atmosphere, sometimes 50-90 kilometers (31 to 55 miles) in altitude.
People have been telling folktales for centuries about mysterious red lights in the sky, which were usually dismissed by experts. ...
According to the Farmer's Almanac, even when respectable pilots or scientists (including CTR Wilson, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist) described them, the scientific community ignored the events. ...
However, in 1989, scientists from the University of Minnesota actually captured pictures of red sprites, and the attitude about them has since changed. ...
The red sprites appear low on the horizon, only due to the perspective of the camera, located on the platform of ESO's 3.6-meter (12-foot) telescope at La Silla. The background of the photograph shows a green hue, known as airglow. ...
A red sprite is an example of a remarkable weather event known as a Transient Luminous Event (TLE).
It's also sometimes referred to as red lightning, and takes place above thunderclouds that are between 40 and 80 kilometres (25 - 50 miles) above ground.
A red sprite happens incredibly quickly - in about a millisecond - which can make it tricky for scientists to capture and observe them.
Also, as the red sprites form above thunder clouds, they are not easily studied from Earth and are mostly seen from space.
However, learning more about them can provide valuable information about things going on in the upper-atmosphere.