I will not tease you as the others did, because several years back, my skeptical husband saw his first U.F.O. and it really shook him up........and no he was not drinking nor doing drugs.....to those who think Villages PL might have been.

I posted the entire "happening" a few months ago.......at TOTV.

I believe him as he was the biggest doubting Thomas ever.
And if he says he saw one, then I believe it. Not everything in the sky is explainable. WE've even known U.S. Air Force higher officers who seem to believe..........as well as there have been documented reportings by airplane pilots and astronauts.

The International Space Station was visible over central Florida on Dec. 2nd from 6:19 to 6:25 AM, headed NW to SE, then again on Dec. 3rd from 5:31 to 5:35 AM, headed NNE to ESE. The brightness on these passes (mag 3.3 and mag 2.4, respectively) were among the highest it gets. When it fades, it's moving into the earth's shadow (or behind a cloud) and just disappears.

It can be seen with the naked eye and moves at a pretty good clip especially if stars are visible too, which gives you a good stationary reference. It takes about 5 minutes to cross the sky, doing 17,239 mph. It's about 250 miles up and can't be seen in daylight or darkness, only at morning and evening dusk. The Hubble Telescope (and other smaller satellites) can also be seen, but theyr'e not nearly as bright as reflection off the panels on the ISS.

The next bright pass (mag 3.5) of the ISS is on Sunday, Dec. 9th from 6:40 to 6:45 PM (not AM) headed SW to NE and goes almost directly overhead.

Best to stay away from street lights and find a dark area for the best view.

Class dismissed!

Skip

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I agree with Skip. It was most likely the ISS.
Here's a link so you can track it: Space Station | See & Do | Locator

Now an IFO-- identified flying object.

I believe I mentioned that in post #3.

:pepper2: Mention was so nice, that it was mentioned twice! :pepper2:

That happens a lot on here.

I know! I think it happens to most of us. I don't think it's on purpose though, at least in most cases. It's just that a lot of people, including me, only partial read threads sometimes and miss that someone aready said whatever it was. Whenever someone repeats what I've already said, I just stop and remind myself about what I just said! Either way, no harm - no foul! :beer3:

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She was the WINNER!!!!

Thanks, that's interesting; I didn't know that. But you said it takes about 5 minutes to cross the sky. The object I saw went from very large to a very small dot in about 20 minutes.

Planes have blinking lights and engine noise. I have seen planes in the nightime sky before and this was not a plane.

Yes, the "moving part" can't be explained by Jupiter. The object I saw went from very large to dot-size in about 20 minutes. And this morning I saw lots of stars in a clear sky but even the brightest would not compare to what I saw the night before.

Merry Christmas, graciegirl.

This object was not a plane. In the past I have often looked at planes flying through the nightime sky. Planes appear to be moving with blinking lights but no light as bright as what I saw.