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Just off the coast of South Africa, East London to be exact on 00:01 - Feb 20 with 2776 views

witchdoctor

you sometimes get something like that at sunsets mate but not in early hours of the morning

Just off the coast of South Africa, East London to be exact on 00:05 - Feb 20 with 2774 views

Just off the coast of South Africa, East London to be exact on 00:01 - Feb 20 by witchdoctor
you sometimes get something like that at sunsets mate but not in early hours of the morning

Yeah i have seen green flash before. That’s quite a thing.

This was like nothing I have ever seen.

I have altered course to go closer and been out with my search lights on in case of an aircraft ditching. No distress calls heard though.

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witchdoctor

Just off the coast of South Africa, East London to be exact on 00:05 - Feb 20 by NewcyBlue
Yeah i have seen green flash before. That’s quite a thing. This was like nothing I have ever seen. I have altered course to go closer and been out with my search lights on in case of an aircraft ditching. No distress calls heard though.

well hopefuly it’s not anything like that mate.

Just off the coast of South Africa, East London to be exact on 00:10 - Feb 20 with 2759 views

Meteor or USO?

Sounds like not a plane crash so that's the main thing.

SB

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Just off the coast of South Africa, East London to be exact on 00:10 - Feb 20 by StokieBlue
Meteor or USO? Sounds like not a plane crash so that's the main thing. SB [Post edited 20 Feb 2018 0:10]

Continuing with the search lights until we are past the area.

Called it in to the local coast station who asked us to monitor as we pass, but were the only thing around for 25nm.

Meteor is possible I guess.

There was a helicopter buzzing around earlier which we caught on the radar and saw the lights of.

All a bit unsettling at such an hour of the day. My cadet won’t stop asking me questions now.

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Any idea of how far off it was and therefore the size? Not that this will give me the foggiest idea what it was.

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Just off the coast of South Africa, East London to be exact on 00:21 - Feb 20 by BanksterDebtSlave
Any idea of how far off it was and therefore the size? Not that this will give me the foggiest idea what it was.

Echo on the radar was about 8nm away.

My only other explanation is ball lightning followed by sheet lightning.

Have checked to make sure there are no military exercises going on.

All a bit odd. Shame, I almost brought up my camera to make a nightlapse but gave it a miss tonight!

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Just off the coast of South Africa, East London to be exact on 00:17 - Feb 20 by NewcyBlue

Nickel rich meteors burn with a green colour upon entry through the atmosphere although the velocity can affect the colour somewhat.

Most logical (but I could be wrong) explanation would be a nickel rich meteor which exploded above the surface. Most meteors do this so it wouldn't be that uncommon.

SB

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Just off the coast of South Africa, East London to be exact on 00:26 - Feb 20 by StokieBlue
Nickel rich meteors burn with a green colour upon entry through the atmosphere although the velocity can affect the colour somewhat. Most logical (but I could be wrong) explanation would be a nickel rich meteor which exploded above the surface. Most meteors do this so it wouldn't be that uncommon. SB

You’re a fountain of knowledge SB! Your logic makes sense.

It was a dead straight vertical drop.

Certainly put my lookout and cadet more on edge and woken them up a bit.

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Just off the coast of South Africa, East London to be exact on 00:24 - Feb 20 by NewcyBlue
Echo on the radar was about 8nm away. My only other explanation is ball lightning followed by sheet lightning. Have checked to make sure there are no military exercises going on. All a bit odd. Shame, I almost brought up my camera to make a nightlapse but gave it a miss tonight!

Ball lightning shouldn't show up on radar should it?

Radar waves need something to bounce off so that the signal is then picked up on the return but something which is an electric charge shouldn't do that I believe? Thunderstorms are spotted on radar due to the high precipitation.

SB

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Just off the coast of South Africa, East London to be exact on 00:29 - Feb 20 by NewcyBlue
You’re a fountain of knowledge SB! Your logic makes sense. It was a dead straight vertical drop. Certainly put my lookout and cadet more on edge and woken them up a bit.

Well it's been good for something then - got to keep those cadets on their toes!

SB

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Just off the coast of South Africa, East London to be exact on 00:30 - Feb 20 by StokieBlue
Well it's been good for something then - got to keep those cadets on their toes! SB

This is a young British lad that asked me the other day if spiders were dinosaurs.....

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Just off the coast of South Africa, East London to be exact on 00:33 - Feb 20 by NewcyBlue
This is a young British lad that asked me the other day if spiders were dinosaurs.....

I see.

Perhaps some designated reading materials would be in order for him to study on his downtime?

You could freak him out a bit by pointing out that birds are technically avian dinosaurs but it might mess with his mind a bit too much.

SB

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Just off the coast of South Africa, East London to be exact on 00:37 - Feb 20 by StokieBlue
I see. Perhaps some designated reading materials would be in order for him to study on his downtime? You could freak him out a bit by pointing out that birds are technically avian dinosaurs but it might mess with his mind a bit too much. SB [Post edited 20 Feb 2018 0:38]

Yeah, I think we are going to start with The Very Hungry Catepillar. Seb should be finished with it by now...

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Just off the coast of South Africa, East London to be exact on 00:30 - Feb 20 by StokieBlue
Ball lightning shouldn't show up on radar should it? Radar waves need something to bounce off so that the signal is then picked up on the return but something which is an electric charge shouldn't do that I believe? Thunderstorms are spotted on radar due to the high precipitation. SB

Yeah lightning doesn’t show up.

Low cloud shows up, as does precipitation.

The radars on these ships are cheap Japanese ones.

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Just off the coast of South Africa, East London to be exact on 00:51 - Feb 20 by NewcyBlue
Yeah lightning doesn’t show up. Low cloud shows up, as does precipitation. The radars on these ships are cheap Japanese ones.

As I know you like a good weather chart Newcy.......have you seen what we're getting next week?
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Just off the coast of South Africa, East London to be exact on 00:33 - Feb 20 by NewcyBlue
This is a young British lad that asked me the other day if spiders were dinosaurs.....

You’ve taken Rommers on as a cadet haven’t you?

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Just off the coast of South Africa, East London to be exact on 00:29 - Feb 20 by NewcyBlue
You’re a fountain of knowledge SB! Your logic makes sense. It was a dead straight vertical drop. Certainly put my lookout and cadet more on edge and woken them up a bit.

Remember about 20 years ago there was a particularly major meteor storm. The whole sky was lit up bright green that evening, with dozens of traces as they entered the atmosphere. Very "Day of the Triffids" stuff.

With what you saw, more likely it was heading pretty much straight towards (or away from) you. They don't often drop vertically downwards.

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Was Smith making his debut for Colorado at the time? Could be one of his clearances coming back to Earth...

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BloomBlue

Did it have a Tesla badge on it?

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