From: kymhorsell@gmail.com   
      
   Sun Sep 3  8:43pm AEST 2023   
      
   I'm still chuckling after the latest skywatch session.   
   Since 2022 I haven't been all that strict about trying to get   
   1 hr of viewing in a day.   
   And then there's the unusual turn of weather over the past 6m at   
   least where it seems thick cloud rolls in just before sunrise   
   and sunset and there isn't much of anything to see for weeks on end.   
   There are some suspicious patterns with that. Not sure it's entirely   
   natural. And not entirely sure -- if it isn't -- who is responsible.   
   Today is also Sunday. From the data I've seen Sun is pretty much a low-point   
   in the weekly viewing cycle. So I wasn't expecting much.   
   But the day had been exceptionally fine and the moon doesn't come out   
   till late.   
   And.   
   There had been a steady stream of noisy light aircraft and choppers   
   going back and forth all day since I got up. Sunday == 10am. :)   
   There has been a few when I woke up a couple times during the night as well.   
   So I *suspected* something was going on.   
   I sat down in a comfy chair on one side of the property that gives   
   a good view of the E part of the sky where unusual things come from.   
   Lights drifting in from the W can be interesting, but also could be   
   sats unless they do anything totally weird. Sometimes they do.   
   First up was a couple of light planes going across the E sky.   
   Not all that unusual. But really on a Sunday it is kinda rare.   
   Then a jet turned up high in the E. Not unusual in itself. But it   
   was acting strange. It was visually big enough -- maybe 2 deg   
   from nose to tail -- to see lots of details.   
   Could have only been a few km away. But absolutely no sound of engines.   
   A super-quiet jet? It also seemed to be moving much faster than a normal jet.   
   And when it got to the SE it turned and went off into the distance.   
   There is nothing much to the SE of me until you hit Antarctica.   
   And for some reason the plane seemed to be on a 45 deg list. One wing   
   was way higher than the other even as it seemed to be going off straight   
   into the distance. The (other) odd thing about that -- most commercial   
   jets can not bank at 45 deg. More than 20-30 deg the manufacturer warns   
   can lead to "bad things".   
   After the sun set we started to see some little lights in the sky.   
   The theme of the evening -- sometimes sessions seem to get   
   a theme attached where all the little objects you see have   
   a common property just for that evening  -- was "very slow".   
   Dim little lights going E to W across the N horiz. Dim little lights   
   going directly N from high in the N. Think there were 4 in all.   
   Mildly unusual. One "sat" came from the SE and went NW. Retrograde.   
   Then there were the very slow sats going N. A normal sat is either   
   synchronous and doesn't move.  Or it is polar and moves reasonably   
   steady. Sometimes the "unusual sats" seem to be a bit of both.   
   As I say, mildly unusual.   
   There was also a flash of a meteor at one point to the NE.   
   This can sometimes be a kinda signal that something is about to happen.   
   And to help things along when one of the lights appeared almost immed   
   after a small aircraft with flashing lights appeared on an intercept   
   course from over in the NE.   
   But the session took a turn of the worse when the flats next door turned   
   on their lights without drawing blinds. They do that a lot.   
   Means you can't look west and anyway tends to play merry hell with viewing   
   anything above as well. So I moved, thinking uncharitable thoughts.   
   Settled down in the new pos I code-name "doghouse".   
   Nothing much happened for a while. I think I went inside and made myself   
   coffee #100 for the day. They say it's good for your brain and lifespan.   
   Here's hoping! :)   
   Some more waiting. I was thinking of turning it in. Sunday after all.   
   Nothing much happens on Sundays.   
   But then for some reason I looked to the left and a SUPER BRIGHT light   
   was coming from the SW. SUPER BRIGHT is my codename for anything   
   brighter than Sirius. :)   
   Just gliding. I was wishing I had the binocs with me. Looked like it had   
   some kind of shape. But my eyes are pretty crook so couldn't be sure.   
   The binocs were on a hook in the garage and it would take at least 2-3 mins   
   to get them, take of the lens caps, and aim the thing somewhere near the   
   light. So I stayed put.   
   The light just continued to glide to the NE. Must have taken a min or so.   
   I watched it fade off into the dist.   
   These bright ones -- maybe I'm weird -- tend to raise the fur on the back   
   of my neck and legs in a totally pleasant way.   
   A couple mins went by and I was wondering -- where the Hell are the   
   little planes. It's SOP for one to turn up even for dim lights that   
   otherwise act like sats. One *had* turned up for one of the earlier "sats".   
   NOTHING this time.   
   Again I started to think of going inside. Nothing could probably top   
   that "visit".   
   Then I heard a deep note in the distance to the SE. A plane was coming.   
   OK. Validation the light had been "something".   
   The plane came closer. I saw it was one of the usual suspects we've   
   see a lot around here for the past 2-3 years. A big double-prop job   
   with some kind of yellow LEDs underneath. I think they are on some   
   kind of framework -- not just lights on the wings and belly. For some   
   reason.   
   But as I watched the plane out of the corner of my left eye I saw 2   
   dim yellow triangles zoomed over the roof and zig-zagged off to the   
   NW. They were totally zipping back and forth, crossing each other's   
   path at breakneck speed it seemed.   
   The big plane was apparently trailing them. "Chasing" would be   
   an exaggeration. And this is apparently why no-one turned up for the   
   bright light. They were all occupied with something far more interesting!   
   The triangles disappeared within seconds, followed by the plane.   
   I couldn't stop saying "wow" out loud for a few minutes.   
   I could hear the next door neighbours saying goodbye to guests they had   
   over. All totally oblivious to whatever in Hell had just been happening   
   for the past 10 mins. Not for the first time. Not even for the 10th time   
   in the past few years. I have lost count.   
      
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   Americans like to blame China for everything. But UFOs? Seriously, this is   
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   Zurbuchen...   
      
   Pentagon to release declassified UFO photos, videos and reports on new   
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