Could it be something prosaic? Sure! But I am a pretty experienced skywatcher. I am outside looking at the sky most nights, and I use my telescope often. I have a pilot’s license and a degree in air traffic control. I don’t believe either object to be an airplane or a satellite. #ufosky

Second crossed when I was viewing the Pleiades, southwest-to-northeasterly direction. Also very high and very fast, with one flashing light. No other nav lights or marker lights that an aircraft would have, and it was far too high and fast to be any conventional aircraft I’m aware of.

I also saw two fast-moving, high-altitude objects. The first crossed my field of view when looking at Jupiter, a bright light moving west-to-east at very high speed. Not an airplane, much faster than any satellites I’ve observed before.

The moon is crystal-clear and very bright as well. Exceptional skies!

I, for one, believe you.

I believe it. We’re living in a gerontocracy. These out-of-touch, dementia-addled lunatics have brought us to ruin.

I absolutely agree and I’d like to add that if your email can be written by chatGPT — if it’s not worth the human effort to write it — it probably doesn’t need to be written at all.

Unreal. Such a waste of government resources, all to harass a man who just wanted to make things better for his community. Sickening.

I think a lot of us see it as righteous retribution. Every day, these executives hurt us in systematic ways for profit. It is cruel and exploitative. Delivering us from even one of these Brooks Brothers assholes, and stirring up discourse in the process, is seen by many as a heroic, selfless act.

It says a lot that killing an insurance CEO is seen as savior behavior. Almost anybody who has needed healthcare in this country has had to deal with asshole behavior from insurance companies who would rather let them die than give them what they pay for.

I’m genuinely curious if I’ll get to see any of these unusual aerial phenomena. It definitely seems like something very weird is happening. I feel like 2025 is going to be the weirdest year yet.

Between my pilots license, aviation training, and astronomy hobby, I’m pretty familiar with the night sky, especially the sky where I live. I also live within a few miles of an airport and enjoy plane spotting, so I am quite familiar with the local air traffic patterns, etc.