Western PHX. Looking South East towards Buckeye Without a doubt the longest 'shooting star' i have ever witnessed. My family is 'slow' but they were able to all turn around fully in their chairs and see what I was seeing. I know we came out of a meteor shower a few weeks ago but this was significant enough that I thought I would post here and see if anyone else is seeing other anomalies tonight??? This 'shooting star lasted at least 6 seconds and didn't 'shoot' as fast as any object I've seen burn up. Keep your eyes open pedes WWG1WGA EDIT: Not meaning to be a Hopium or Doomer. A relative who isnt Q friendly and saw it suggested that it may be a falling satellite Edit # 2 : since this appears to be a topic of interest, can we get this pinned as a new thread and delete this so people can post any possible airborne anomalies? It was a true WTF moment for everyone im my fam that saw
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Oh yeah, it will. Have a plane go overhead away from you. It continues out and out. The curvature of the Earth means that (if you can still see it) the contrail will sink to the horizon. I live off the south end of an international airport and have seen this effect countless times.
It works in reverse, as well. People can't understand and imagine they are seeing a rocket launch. (Too damn slow for a rocket, however.)
^^^ This ^^^