Friends & I saw a zig-zagging star

[moejoe15]

I saw a meteorite once that did an L shape. The only explanation I can think of is it breaking up. The two legs of the L weren't exactly straight but zigged a bit like lightning too.

 

[ziggy star]

I can guarantee you my eyes were not playing tricks on me. That would mean that 2 different people's eyes were playing the same tricks! Not the case. Also, us fighter jets do not fly 1 plane in front, 2 planes in back, to form a triangle.

 

[WonderWhy?]

I saw a star like object zig zaging across the sky. It took seconds for it to move from one side of the sky to the other. Best I can describe it, Bouncing around. The angles were sharp. I remember it clearly because it was after my hs graduation. We were outside at my grama's and enjoying the night before I left for sober grad. It looked no bigger than a small star.

 

[steve1314]

one night about 10 years or so ago i was out with mates and seen what looked like a star kind of zig zagging in the sky. thought nothing of it until about 5 years ago when i seen the same thing but this time i was with about 10 mates and they all seen it. it was fire works night in edinburgh scotland. (the end of the edinburgh festival) hunders of ppl was watching the fire works and 10 of was standing in the park looking up saying what the hell is that. it was the same thing as b4 a star like object zig zaging between the stars. use real non moving stars as points of refrenc it did not move from one side of the sky to the othere but from where i was it looked like it was moving a fu inch if it was a star tho it would be moving a fu light years. we watched it for about 20 min then we left the park. that's 2 times me and my mates have seen the same thing. answers would help a lot cheers

 

[Dotini]

answers would help a lot cheers

Not to be disrespectful, but the traditionally preferred explanation from USAF Blue Book astronomer J Allen Hynek on down is that you and the others were watching reflections off a duck's butt.

What you were doing - looking up into the night sky - is the easiest and most reliable way to see a "UFO". It's helpful to be sober, select a remote location far from city lights, then spend several nights acclimatizing to cold temperatures, late hours and becoming familiar with patterns of satellites and aircraft passing above. It won't take long for you to easily recognize the anomalous lights. When/if you start getting the impression that the lights are responding to your thoughts, it's time to pack your gear, go home and find another hobby.

If you are serious about the few real answers from the few scientists and engineers who have professionally investigated UFO's fairly close up with good equipment, please see the entries on Hessdalen lights and Yakama lights in the "Electrical Eccentricities?" thread. I can also recommend the book, "Project Identification", by PhD physicist Harley Rutledge, whose team was commissioned to perform a multi-year study of anomalous lights in Missouri. Zig-zagging "stars" were among the phenomena he studied and wrote about. I bought this book for $9 on amazon.

Respectfully submitted,
Steve

 

[shahpharm]

In 2011 (month not known) while lying outside at night in my village in Pakistan, i saw a star like object moving in a zig zag path. it was moving very fast across the sky and i observe it for about 1 minute. i also saw other satellites moving across the sky but not in a zig zag path with such a high speed. this was the first and the last time i saw a star like object moving in a zig zag path with high speed. i also saw meteoroides falling from the sky but they follow a straight path and vanishes away quickly. the only thing in my mind is UFO. becoz satellites can't achieve such a high speed while moving in a zig zag path. I am not a physicist but have knowledege about satellites and space.