[meteorite-list] Mystery Lights Observed Over England

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From: GeoZay_at_aol.com <GeoZay_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:57 2004
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>>Living in England myself (on the south coast), I have been an amateur=20
astronomer for 20 years (on and off) I can tell you our skies are pretty qui=
et!<>I saw a bat once=E2=80=A6 and that=E2=80=99s about it.<<
Every evening often before I start, I would see bats flying over head. I=20
rather enjoyed it. Once I had a large owl fly right over the length of my bo=
dy=20
about a foot or two above me. Scared the poo-poo out of me. Didn't see him=20
coming. For a flash of a moment...that was a UFO. :O) He landed in the tops=20=
of a=20
tree and sat there gawking at me for about five minutes.
>>What amazes me is that so many people seem to see major fireballs etc! do=
=20
they sit there and stare up all night, every night???<<
Well...I pretty much use to do that when the hours of moonlight wasn't=20
bright, except I laid there. Some nights got pretty long with little activit=
y. Only=20
twice did I see a fireball that had associated sonic booms. Neither broke up=
,=20
so I'm quite confident a rather large piece made it to the ground.=20
>>(Maybe I should try taking the lense cap off my telescope)=E2=80=A6 <<
The years before I did meteor work, I use to stay up all night photographing=
=20
galaxies and what have you. During most of that time, my eyes were glued to=20=
a=20
guiding eyepiece. Only seen a couple fireballs during those nights. Had litt=
le=20
opportunity to note anything really unusual. It was only after I started=20
meteor work, that I was getting a real "feel" of what's in the sky. There w=
as=20
absolutely nothing that hinted ET was involved. I actually enjoyed watching=20
others who sometimes accompany me, see "Unusual" lights. They weren't to me,=
but=20
they were to them. Sometimes I would break out the large binoculars so they=20=
can=20
see for themselves what I already knew.=20
George Zay

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>>Living in Engl=
and myself (on the south coast), I have been an amateur astronomer for 20 ye=
ars (on and off) I can tell you our skies are pretty quiet!<<</=
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<DIV>I have a daughter living I believe in your area right now...Newquay. </=
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>>I saw a ba=
t once=E2=80=A6 and that=E2=80=99s about it.<<
Every evening often be=
fore I start, I would see bats flying over head. I rather enjoyed it. Once I=
had a large owl fly right over the length of my body about a foot or two ab=
ove me. Scared the poo-poo out of me. Didn't see him coming. For a flash of=20=
a moment...that was a UFO. :O) He landed in the tops of a tree and sat there=
gawking at me for about five minutes.
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:p>What amazes me is that so man=
y people seem to see major fireballs etc! do they=
sit there and stare up all night, every night???<<</BLOCKQ=
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<DIV>Well...I pretty much use to do that when the hours of moonlight wasn't=20=
bright, except I laid there. Some nights got pretty long with little activit=
y. Only twice did I see a fireball that had associated sonic booms. Neither=20=
broke up, so I'm quite confident a rather large piece made it to the ground.=
</DIV>
>>(Maybe I s=
hould try taking the lense cap off my telescope)=
=E2=80=A6 <<
The years before I did=
meteor work, I use to stay up all night photographing galaxies and what hav=
e you. During most of that time, my eyes were glued to a guiding eyepiece. O=
nly seen a couple fireballs during those nights. Had little opportunity to n=
ote anything really unusual. It was only after I started meteor work,  =
that I was getting a real "feel" of what's in the sky. There was absolutely=20=
nothing that hinted ET was involved. I actually enjoyed watching others who=20=
sometimes accompany me, see "Unusual" lights. They weren't to me, but they w=
ere to them. Sometimes I would break out the large binoculars so they can se=
e for themselves what I already knew. 
George Zay</FON=
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