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What’s Up With The
Strange Lights In The Sky?
By
Dorraine Fisher
There have been increased reports
lately about some strange lights in the sky. One TCC member photographed a
diamond-shaped light in the daylight sky just last week. And a supposed double
sun at sunrise was reported in Oregon at about the same time. And there have
been many others.
UFO
sighting reports have increased this year, and with the Mayan 2012 prophecy
looming over the year, many people are watching the universe a bit more carefully
these days, perhaps trying to discern if this year and all its strange
phenomena are really any different than years past.
And
are these strange lights really UFO’s, or is there a good explanation?
To
gather some insight, I consulted my old
friend Phil Douglas, an amateur astronomer who’s been studying the skies for
most of his adult life. I use the word
amateur reluctantly as Phil has written many articles on the subject and has as
much knowledge as any scientist in the field.
I’ve spent more than a few evenings with him and his wife and his
telescope viewing the night sky over a few drinks and conversation.
When
asked about the reported double sun, that was said to look like another sun
that seemed to rise just before the actual sun, he said this:
“It
most likely is the shifted image of the sun itself. Our dense atmosphere
bends (refracts) the light of the sun near the horizon the same angular
diameter as the sun itself. That means that the sun we see, when it touches the
horizon at sunset, is actually already below the horizon. It could be
that is what is happening (in reverse) at dawn.”
And here’s what he said about TCC
member Jason Morse’s light in the sky:
“The
object appears to be what is called a "sun dog" or parhelion.
It is caused by sunlight being refracted through ice suspended in the upper
atmosphere. If the ice/water molecules are at the proper altitude a
circular rainbow appears in the sky around the sun. Pilots that are high
enough can see the entire rainbow and sometimes the double circular
rainbow. The sun dog (brilliant spot) is on the same level (or elevation
above the horizon) as the sun. Usually, if conditions are right there
will be another sun dog opposite the first one (on the other side of the sun).
We actually get a lot of these in the Midwest in the late afternoon,
usually. They can look like "unidentified flying objects".
Other
experts may have other opinions, but both incidents are common and have
happened many times throughout history.**********
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