feen5
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Ok I'm not sure how exactly I'm going to describe this properly so please bear with me. I may try to draw a diagram later and at it but I'm not great at either drawing or uploading stuff. This happened last night at 11.30 approx. I always let the dog out for a piss before heading to bed and as I was outside I noticed couple of meteors and remembered that its the time of year for the Geminids so I waited for the dog to finish and kept watching the shower.
I was facing directly south (as the back of my house is south facing). The sky was clear (but well enough lit by the Moon which in some way may have helped me catch sight of what I saw). The moon was on my left high enough in the sky (I'd say between 45 and 60 degrees above the horizon) and to the right of that was Orion which was very clear in the sky and well above the Horizon. I was staring directly over head and trying to move my head as little as possible as I find that you can see more of the sky and also catch sight of anything that may not be directly in front of you.
I was outside for about 7 / 8 mins and I'd seen about 6 meteors (not overly bright or long but spectacular enough) when I suddenly caught sight of what I can only describe as a dark triangular shaped object come over the top of my head at a significant speed. My eye caught this very quickly and I was able to follow it for the 3 to 4 seconds that it took for the object to pass over my head and disappear over the horizon in front of me. The object was dark with no lighting but I got the impression that on both sides of the underside there was a patch that was a slightly lighter colour. The object made absolutely no sound what so ever and I'll repeat that there was no lighting at all on the object.
For context I'm not an expert on aircraft or astronomy but I am well used to watching the sky at night, I know where and which planets are in the sky at any time and I can pick out a few of the more well know constellations and stars as I've always had an interest in the night sky. I'm also very keen on ornithology and wildlife in general and I've seen birds fly over my head at night and I can tell you this object was not a bird or bat.
I hope this isn't to much of a mess and that maybe someone else has seen something like it. Its the first time that I have ever seen something I cannot explain in the sky. In fact when I went up to bed a few minutes later I found it hard to explain to my wife what I had seen. That' why I have tried to do this as early as i could this morning so that everything was clear in my head. I will try to draw something later and post it.
I live in a town in the Irish Midlands if this is any help.
I was facing directly south (as the back of my house is south facing). The sky was clear (but well enough lit by the Moon which in some way may have helped me catch sight of what I saw). The moon was on my left high enough in the sky (I'd say between 45 and 60 degrees above the horizon) and to the right of that was Orion which was very clear in the sky and well above the Horizon. I was staring directly over head and trying to move my head as little as possible as I find that you can see more of the sky and also catch sight of anything that may not be directly in front of you.
I was outside for about 7 / 8 mins and I'd seen about 6 meteors (not overly bright or long but spectacular enough) when I suddenly caught sight of what I can only describe as a dark triangular shaped object come over the top of my head at a significant speed. My eye caught this very quickly and I was able to follow it for the 3 to 4 seconds that it took for the object to pass over my head and disappear over the horizon in front of me. The object was dark with no lighting but I got the impression that on both sides of the underside there was a patch that was a slightly lighter colour. The object made absolutely no sound what so ever and I'll repeat that there was no lighting at all on the object.
For context I'm not an expert on aircraft or astronomy but I am well used to watching the sky at night, I know where and which planets are in the sky at any time and I can pick out a few of the more well know constellations and stars as I've always had an interest in the night sky. I'm also very keen on ornithology and wildlife in general and I've seen birds fly over my head at night and I can tell you this object was not a bird or bat.
I hope this isn't to much of a mess and that maybe someone else has seen something like it. Its the first time that I have ever seen something I cannot explain in the sky. In fact when I went up to bed a few minutes later I found it hard to explain to my wife what I had seen. That' why I have tried to do this as early as i could this morning so that everything was clear in my head. I will try to draw something later and post it.
I live in a town in the Irish Midlands if this is any help.