Hi everyone,
I just wanted to report a possible comet I saw last night at around 7:30 p.m. over Orange County, California, because I haven't found any reports about it online yet. I say "possible" in case there end up being reports of a missile test (like the Trident test last year).
I was sitting outside when it suddenly became very bright around the corner of my house. I thought it was the moon, but there was no moon out that night. Instead, I saw these two bright lights lighting up the surrounding clouds and making a very bright, triangular prism-like shape that connected them. Electrical activity, perhaps? The fog around it was also bright white, then had hints of orange, like a small noctilucent cloud. The two lights were making ripples, like water waves in the clouds. I think the one on the right was rotating, too. There was no sound, just lights. I ran inside to grab my phone and take pictures, but you can only see a faint trace of the "prism" in the first picture because I was too late. The camera is facing northwest.
The light on the right disappeared, but the light on the left traveled across the sky very brightly, in a parabolic motion, for a few minutes until its large tail was gone. I saw the object disappear over the horizon with a single small tail, leaving the larger tail disconnected and still visible for about a minute (if that makes sense).
There was a lot of light pollution and some marine layer, so I'm surprised I saw this at all. I tried to take a video but the camera wasn't picking up enough light (and I'm inexperienced with taking videos) so I attached the best pictures I got.
Anyway, I hope this report is helpful in case some other earth changes (or missile tests) are reported in this area. I've never seen anything like this happen before in person. Thanks for reading!
I just wanted to report a possible comet I saw last night at around 7:30 p.m. over Orange County, California, because I haven't found any reports about it online yet. I say "possible" in case there end up being reports of a missile test (like the Trident test last year).
I was sitting outside when it suddenly became very bright around the corner of my house. I thought it was the moon, but there was no moon out that night. Instead, I saw these two bright lights lighting up the surrounding clouds and making a very bright, triangular prism-like shape that connected them. Electrical activity, perhaps? The fog around it was also bright white, then had hints of orange, like a small noctilucent cloud. The two lights were making ripples, like water waves in the clouds. I think the one on the right was rotating, too. There was no sound, just lights. I ran inside to grab my phone and take pictures, but you can only see a faint trace of the "prism" in the first picture because I was too late. The camera is facing northwest.
The light on the right disappeared, but the light on the left traveled across the sky very brightly, in a parabolic motion, for a few minutes until its large tail was gone. I saw the object disappear over the horizon with a single small tail, leaving the larger tail disconnected and still visible for about a minute (if that makes sense).
There was a lot of light pollution and some marine layer, so I'm surprised I saw this at all. I tried to take a video but the camera wasn't picking up enough light (and I'm inexperienced with taking videos) so I attached the best pictures I got.
Anyway, I hope this report is helpful in case some other earth changes (or missile tests) are reported in this area. I've never seen anything like this happen before in person. Thanks for reading!
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