So I'm taking the trash out to the curb at approximately 0225 PDT (Las Vegas) and I look up at the moon and I see the weirdest flickering object at about the 11 o'clock position (if the moon were a dial on a clock). It's flickering like white and what looks like red and all things considering, looks like it's a pretty goos size object.

 

What the heck is that thing???

 

-Shawn

maybe it`s not a "Thing" it Could be some sort of Laser test, we Do have Mirrors on the moon for just that purpose.

or maybe even the ISS, it`s quite visible from Earth on a clear night.

I'd vote for some sort of satalitte, there's one I see very regularly moving around the south east....

Mars, maybe? I know Mars is visible, in Gemini right now, but not where that is in relation to the moon at that time.

Well Sattelites, normally move because their in orbit, don't they? This thing was stationary for an hour (or more, maybe... I went to bed) and as far as the lasers are concerned, this was quite a distance in the position in the sky from the moon (about 3 moons away at the 11 o'clock position.)

 

-Shawn

Was it moving at the same rate as the moon? No tall buildings or hills in that direction?

It's probably just aliens scanning the earth for intellegent life.

could have been a helicopter. or a plane at a distance. could have been a lot of things.

It's probably just aliens scanning the earth for intellegent life.

 

If they find any I hope they tell us!

my educated guess would be an ALIEN!

I think I saw that once too as a kid, I always thought it was a satellite though

I'm guessing a satellite.

 

But did you drink anything before that? Because I usually see 'stuff' when I drink something 'fancy'.

It may have been a planet, although I have no idea which.

Were there any psychotropic drugs involved? Perhaps mass quantities of alcohol?

Were there any psychotropic drugs involved? Perhaps mass quantities of alcohol?

 

That's usually the case hehe

2:25 in the morning a few miles from Area 51? Hmmm, I got nothing.

 

But now I have to add aliens to the list of people who are interested in my trash....

Well Sattelites, normally move because their in orbit, don't they? This thing was stationary for an hour (or more, maybe... I went to bed) and as far as the lasers are concerned, this was quite a distance in the position in the sky from the moon (about 3 moons away at the 11 o'clock position.)

 

-Shawn

 

stationary with respect to the moon or the Earth? The moon would have moved noticeably after an hour.. did this object move with it? If so, not a geostationary satellite. I would guess that it was a star or planet.

 

HERE is a picture of the sky in the direction of the moon from Las Vegas at 2:25am on the 27th...

 

and HERE is one from the 26th (I'm not sure what day you are talking about)

 

I don't see anything that sticks out at the position you are talking about... so maybe it WAS aliens.

My opinion(and you know what they say about those) is it was a star you just happened to see good on a clear night, I look at the stars a lot with my (naked) eyes and see the color changes (what they call blinking) and they appear to be white, green, yellow, red flashing colors. hope that helps.

My guest is that it is Antares (alpha scorpio)

i know im a bit late but perhaps it may have been the gamma ray burst afterglow talked about here http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmolog.htm and in more detail here http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/mar/HQ_08086_Swift_Detects_GRB.html

 

im not sure how long the afterglow would remain visible but i believe they can last for days or longer... who knows

 

eh scratch that, i dont think it would be visible for that long