NASA space shuttle spots a UFO

DanMc07 · 20 Sep 2006 at 09:48

It's clearly the guys from cambridge space project

red11 · 20 Sep 2006 at 11:33

DanMc07 said:
It's clearly the guys from cambridge space project

Or the Russians......

Ron Burgundy · 20 Sep 2006 at 11:47

Sorry, but IMO that is quite clearly a plane.

Capt Doufos · 20 Sep 2006 at 12:11

Aurora TBH.

http://www.firstscience.com/site/articles/aurora.asp

IceBus · 20 Sep 2006 at 12:25

Capt Doufos said:
Aurora TBH.

http://www.firstscience.com/site/articles/aurora.asp

I must say it was what first came to mind for me.

SourChipmunk · 20 Sep 2006 at 12:32

Ron Burgundy said:
Sorry, but IMO that is quite clearly a plane.

Capt Doufos said:
Aurora TBH.

http://www.firstscience.com/site/articles/aurora.asp

Raist said:
I was thinking spy plane at first as well, but a little math told me otherwise. If you figure the highest altitude at under 100,000 ft. (typically 80-90,000 feet) for a spy plane, it is clearly impossible to see from the ground. Commercial aircraft fly between 30 and 40,000 ft., the latter of which appears to be just a speck to the naked eye, sans jetstream.

The shuttle orbit right now is about 300km (982,080 ft.) So that would be like trying to see an aircraft 900,000 feet away - 22.5 times further than a commerical aircraft from us on the ground.

So in conclusion, not likely a spy plane. Nor any terrestrial craft for that matter, especially a weather balloon.

Ron Burgundy · 20 Sep 2006 at 12:56

irrelevant. This was seen with a camera. Not a human eye. A decent camera would spot a commerical plane if left to record. The human eye wouldnt.

i-bert · 20 Sep 2006 at 14:38

Ron Burgundy said:
irrelevant. This was seen with a camera. Not a human eye. A decent camera would spot a commerical plane if left to record. The human eye wouldnt.

So you think a plane can travel at 18,000mph?

VaderDSL · 20 Sep 2006 at 14:41

Clearly Aurora

Bah, beaten ... it was obviously rich, bored aliens just buzzing us for a laugh

Booner! · 20 Sep 2006 at 15:50

i-bert said:
So you think a plane can travel at 18,000mph?

nah , he's just insulting your eye-sight!

Saberu · 21 Sep 2006 at 11:56

Wheres the UFO article gone? :confused:

I was on it yesterday on the page now I can't find it

Cybermyk · 21 Sep 2006 at 12:39

Don't tell me, they made up some story about it just being debris from the shuttle and it wouldn't effect the landing. Then deleted all the info from their web pages.

Now isn't that just like NASA

skullman · 21 Sep 2006 at 14:46

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/multimedia/sts115/fd11/fd11_gallery.html

Radiation · 21 Sep 2006 at 15:04

skullman said:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/multimedia/sts115/fd11/fd11_gallery.html

Looks a bit like a jellyfish, reminds me of the snake and other life form like objects in those nasa videos, its good to see they're starting to send back more interesting stuff this time but it’s a shame they don't have higher resolution video streams?

Booner! · 21 Sep 2006 at 15:06

skullman said:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/multimedia/sts115/fd11/fd11_gallery.html

What is that? I cant seem to make out what it is, it just doesnt register with my brain!

riddlermarc · 21 Sep 2006 at 15:15

Radiation said:
Looks a bit like a jellyfish, reminds me of the snake and other life form like objects in those nasa videos, its good to see they're starting to send back more interesting stuff this time but it’s a shame they don't have higher resolution video streams?

They probably do but the public won't ever see any of it..

Tomdun · 21 Sep 2006 at 15:25

Can somebody print screen a picture of what we are meant to be looking at. I cant for the life of me see it.

riddlermarc · 21 Sep 2006 at 15:27

Tomdun said:
Can somebody print screen a picture of what we are meant to be looking at. I cant for the life of me see it.

As in the original video or the stills on the NASA site?

Video: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=7869009&postcount=56

Tomdun · 21 Sep 2006 at 15:39

Oh right thats it! I thought that was the shuttle coming down, and the ufo was somewhere else in the shot!

Glaucus · 21 Sep 2006 at 15:44

well apparently its a plastic bag, sorry doesn't appear to be any aliens yet for you seti guys. Heard it on the news earlier but can't find anything on the Nasa web-page.