Brian
Vike's Favorite Cases.
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July
7, 2010 1:25 p.m. News.
A
UFO investigator says there is a perfectly logical explanation for a set of
strange lights being reported in the night sky in Central Alberta.
A
handful of people from the area, including one person from Blackfalds, have
contacted him after seeing a bright light moving across the southern sky.
Adding to the intrigue, a dimmer light was seen following it for awhile, as if
attached, and then suddenly darting away.
No
worries, says Brian Vike, a self-taught UFO researcher from Houston, B.C., and
creator of the web blog, The Vike Factor, Into the Paranormal.
Conditions
have been perfect for watching the International Space Station and, from time
to time, the space flights that deliver its supplies. That is most likely the
dimmer light that was seen following the space station and then seeming to dart
away, Vike said on Tuesday.
People
living close to Red Deer can see the space station for themselves on Thursday.
The
station will appear lightly over the west-southwest horizon at 10:35 p.m. But
make sure you’ve got a good angle on the horizon and don’t blink or you’ll miss
it.
Information
posted on the NASA’s Skywatch website has it up for only three minutes,
reaching a maximum height of 27 degrees.
Depending
on where you’re watching from in relation to the space station’s orbit, it can
be directly overhead on some nights, said Vike.
Internet
users interested in finding out when the space station will be visible can go
online to spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/index.html for an interactive
menu based on the country and city in which they are located.
Vike
also noted a separate investigation recently after receiving numerous reports,
dating back to New Year’s Eve, of bright orange lights in the sky.
“Think
about it. They’re on days like July 1,” says Vike.
He
has determined that the lights are actually Thai or Chinese lanterns,
alternately called UFO balloons.
Commonly
lit during the same special occasions that call for fireworks, the devices work
much like a hot-air balloon, with a candle lit inside a globe.
The
unit rises as the air in the globe warms up. From a distance, it’s quite bright
and could be difficult to identify, said Vike.
For
up-to-date sightings and links to Vike’s blog, please visit http://www.kbccuforesearch.ca/
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