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Old 21st June 2010, 07:12 PM
Rod Sloan Rod Sloan is offline
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Default UFO over Canberra

I started the thread with UFO because for me, thats exactly what it is.

For the past week I have been noticing a red/green flashing object in the western sky over Canberra. Thing is...it doesn't move. Only the earths turning makes it move in the sky.

I can't keep the bino's still enough to identify the object but it does reinforce the red/green flashing.

Anyone got any clues on this one ??

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Old 21st June 2010, 07:22 PM
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Could it be the planet Venus? It is the brightest thing in the sky except for the sun and the moon.
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Old 21st June 2010, 07:35 PM
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Dunno..could be. I thought Venus was just a bright whiteish colour ?
Also, isn't Venus more upward looking ? This thing was on the horizon.

I'm thinking a star of some kind,,,just unsure which. Google isn't being very fruitful.
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Old 21st June 2010, 07:44 PM
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Kevin Rudd going ballistic ?
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Old 21st June 2010, 07:52 PM
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Try looking at www.heavens-above.com They should have a page that'll tell you what's in that part of the sky at that time of the night.

EDIT: Here's the skychart for Canberra tonight
http://heavens-above.com/skychart.as...a&alt=0&tz=CET

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Old 21st June 2010, 10:25 PM
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The thought occurred to me... if it was Green blokes from out of space... why'd they pick Canberra of all places?
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