Just realized I was staring at the wrong part of the sky for years

I used to think UFO sightings were all fake because I never saw anything myself. I'd go out at night in Tucson and stare straight up for hours, hoping to catch a light moving weird. Then my buddy who works at the observatory told me to look closer to the horizon instead, like just above the mountains. He said most of the weird stuff people report happens low, not overhead. Last week I sat on my patio facing Mount Lemmon around 9pm and saw this orange orb drift sideways then stop, then shoot off. It had no sound and no strobe lights like a plane. I can't unsee it now. Anyone else been looking up when they should be looking out?

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wyatt13516d ago

Yeah you been looking up the whole time? I did the same thing for like two years in Phoenix. Try facing south toward the border lights at night, thats where I started seeing stuff. That orange orb thing you saw is probably a plasmoid they talk about on the ufo forums, Ive seen those too and they usually hang low and move in ways planes or drones cant. Also if you're in Tucson check out the area near Kitt Peak, the rangers there told me they get reports of lights bouncing around the mountains all the time.

taraross16d ago

Man, you just made me feel like I've been doing this whole skywatching thing WRONG for months! I seriously sat out for like an hour last night staring straight up and saw NOTHING but stars. Now I gotta go face south and see what happens. @wyatt135, you're telling me those orange orbs are a THING? I always figured it was just some guy's drone with a cheap LED. The plasmoid stuff I've read about on those forums sounds wild, but I'm not gonna lie, I still don't fully get it. Guess I'm just not cut out for this amateur astronomer life - I can barely tell a planet from a streetlight half the time.

emmam8914d ago

Not cut out for this amateur astronomer life" - stop, you're literally doing it right. The people who get obsessed with spotting things are the ones who miss the weird stuff. My neighbor's been stargazing for 20 years and he still calls everything a satellite. Honestly that "staring straight up" thing is a trap. I read this one post where a guy figured out most sightings happen when you're not even trying, just looking at the horizon while walking your dog or whatever. Maybe that's the real secret.