tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320826620507241679.post5294157671355836378..comments2023-06-21T10:26:47.525-05:00Comments on ("RAM").........Red Alert Moderates: Bivalent Machines v. Trivalent WillUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320826620507241679.post-24299319811698359462013-01-25T00:07:06.798-06:002013-01-25T00:07:06.798-06:00In 1967, I think in April, I saw something that ha...In 1967, I think in April, I saw something that has never been accounted for to my satisfaction. I was sitting outside my folks' home in a village near Tilden Lake, Ontario, Canada, when my attention seemed to be drawn to two bright, stationary stars. I knew very little of astronomy, but I gazed fixedly at the stars for I am sure several minutes. (I watched long enough to try to test whether my eyes were playing tricks.) It seemed the lights began to wobble, which I attributed to some kind of effect from prolonged staring or from atmospheric interference (in Tilden Lake, Ontario?). Otherwise, they looked like ordinary, bright stars in the clear Canadian night, relatively fixed in respect of background stars. Then they clearly started a kind of dance, coming together and going apart. This went on as a series, for perhaps a minute. Frankly, it startled me, so I hollered at my folks to come and look. (They thought I was joking. Since then, I have reminded them of this on multiple occasions.) Then, one "star" took a course in one direction across the entire horizon of the night sky, the other an alternate course. (Were there any jets that refueled one another in 1967? While doing so, would they remain stationary against a background? Were there satellite docking exercises, pre-1969 moon landing? I don't know.) Both "stars" went out of sight across the horizon by covering a very wide realm across the night sky, across a distance that seemed longer and over a period of time that seemed far shorter than for any conrail I had ever seen. (BTW, there was no conrail. It was night, but the sky remained crystal clear.) I never heard an explanation that seemed adequate, and I have never seen the like again. For many years thereafter, I would gaze at night skies to look for a repeat, and never found one. For the past 30 years, I have lived in urban areas, so the night sky is far less visible and I have quit looking.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com