Personally, I think too many people are way too quick to write off UFO sightings as the domain of nutjobs and whackos, because the term UFO has become synonymous with alien spacecrafts. Even if you or I saw one, and no matter what we thought it was or could be, we may not be so keen to tell people, because there is a stigma associated (much like mental illness), in which a normal member of society who claims to see one is suddenly one of "those people." And nobody is saying all UFOs are alien flying saucers...the term "unidentified flying object" is pretty all-inclusive, it could more likely be hundreds of things....space junk, a reflection, a military aircraft being tested that for pretty obvious reasons won't be mentioned on your news channel (the Stealth Bomber was the subject of numerous reported UFO sightings before its existence was officially confirmed), or it could really be any number of things that fly, seen under odd lighting or angles. But I do think that it would be foolish for anyone to claim with certainty that it is or isn't some kind of life from outer space, because who can prove that without a doubt? but that's probably the last thing a UFO is likely to be, since extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence...but to think we are the only living things in this entire universe seems pretty ignorant to me. But several people in the region claimed to see this object, several people who I know personally and work with all over KY and OH who are NOT weirdo nutjob rednecks with no teeth that live in a cave in the Appalachians and said, "I sure did see that flyin' ale-ien' saucer and I wen n put duc' taype on ma butthole!", no, they are normal people with families and good full-time jobs and advanced degrees. what's more likely, that ALL of them are crazy nutjobs that jerk off to sci-fi, or that there was actually a strange-looking object in the sky? Again, no one said this was a friggin flying saucer, but that yes, there was something odd-looking in the sky? The way that people try to discredit the fact that this guy and many others saw anything AT ALL makes me wonder who is really being logical and who isn't (not anyone on this thread in particular, but just in general, the way UFO sightings are generally treated, when no one is making any sort of claims about an explanation behind it, just that yes, they saw it...is pretty absurd I think)

On this video they say the astronomer used a 150 power magnification to film the object, which stayed around 2 hours. It's also being said that the astronomer's wife watched the object 'disappear'.

So I guess I stand corrected, and it was an issue of the media not giving enough details. A bit surprised, given how Lee Spiegel (the guy writing for the Huff) is one of the best journalist covering the UFO subject.

On top of that, there are many other reports coming from different states which seems to indicate the object was seen by a lot of people.

I didn't personally see this, but I have a friend who works at the local radio station here in Murfreesboro, TN who received a lot of calls from locals reporting a UFO around 1pm on the 10-15-12. He said he personally saw it also, but it also stayed in the sky for about 2 hours and then just disappeared. Something government related, maybe?

Thanks for mentioning this. It certainly refutes the silly arguments that it was just a reflection, or a paper clip attached to the end of the telescope.

Quite certainly it could be a military experiment. Heck, the first thing it came to mind when I saw this was "Robert Bigelow?"

It's the International Space Station.

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Y u no check facts? Google search for Allen Epling reveals he is a science+religion author/nutcase. He proposes God created Adam, the Garden of Eden, and domesticated animals just 6000 years ago....

Well, James Watson was the co-discoverer of the DNA double helix, and a pillar of Science.

He also is a major racist douchebag. Does that mean I get to discard his WHOLE scientific contribution, or distrust every single thing he says out of hand because of my personal opinion of him?

No, but believing in a myth as fact can give you insight into a person's psyche and willingness to believe in the paranormal/superstitious.

I guarantee you'd feel differently if Mr. Epling was a firm believer in the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. If your response to this is, "Well, duh, FSM is just ridiculous! You'd have to be crazy to ACTUALLY believe that it's true." Well then, that's how some people feel about religion and religious "theories".

>No, but believing in a myth as fact can give you insight into a person's
psyche and willingness to believe in the paranormal/superstitious.

Again, NOT necessarily.

Fun fact: Sir isaac Newton, arguably the greatest scientific mind of all time, actually devoted more time studying the Bible and writing about Alchemy, than about 'Natural Philosophy', as it was called at the time.

Likewise, there have been, and still are, many important scientists who are at the same time devout followers of several different religious beliefs, and they don't find any personal contradiction between their faith, and their research.

OH NO! The neon people are coming for us! Run for the hills!!

It's a paper clip on a car hood ... You can see the rounded edges at a few points

Ha it probaly is! Looking at around 0.44, it really does appear top be a
paper clip! Most probably on a blue surface, shot at about a metre away...

Normally I'd be excited at the prospect of celestial visitors putting a metal turkey baster in my butt to see what makes me tick, but Kentucky's version of Galileo with the palsy filming flying dildos bores the nipples off me. Sorry, GW. If anyone needs me I'll be licking the picture of the Ripley bust I printed out the other day. boner boner boner

this looks dumb, on another story, once i was driving along and i thought to myself "it'd be awesome if something cool appeared in the night sky", and literally a few seconds later something like a shooting star shot straight down , kind of like a small and quick spark

That, my friend, is *much* more common than you think ;)

Consciousness plays a big part in the phenomenon IMO. That's probably one of the few definite conclusions I've been able to reach, after almost 30 years of reading and learning about these things.

its just the reflection of the lights inside the room he is in fuckin idiots

Uhh, that's a close up of a paperclip.

Here is another Video of stills, much better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

I've literally seen infants handle a camera better than this clown.