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Title: Natural Explanation Found for UFOs
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URL Source: http://www.space.com/scienceastrono ... 23-ufos-sprites-explained.html
Published: Feb 24, 2009
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Post Date: 2009-02-24 17:38:25 by PSUSA
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Mysterious UFO sightings may go hand in hand with a puzzling natural phenomenon known as sprites — flashes high in the atmosphere triggered by thunderstorms. The dancing lights have appeared above most thunderstorms throughout history, but researchers did not start studying them until one accidentally recorded a sighting on camera in 1989. "Lightning from the thunderstorm excites the electric field above, producing a flash of light called a sprite," said Colin Price, a geophysicist at Tel Aviv University in Israel. "We now understand that only a specific type of lightning is the trigger that initiates sprites aloft." Researchers have detected the flashes between 35 and 80 miles (56-129 km) from the ground, far above the 7 to 10 miles (11-16 km) where usual lightning occurs. Sprites can take the form of fast-paced balls of electricity, although previous footage has suggested streaks or tendrils. The cause or function of the flashes remains murky, but Price suggested that they could explain some of the UFO reports which have cropped up over the years. That might provide some solace for UFO enthusiasts disappointed by human-caused hoaxes in the past. Both jetliner pilots and astronauts have previously reported sightings of sprites, along with a different but equally mysterious phenomenon known as blue jets. Price and his colleagues have focused on "winter sprites" which appear only in the northern hemisphere's winter months. Their remote-controlled roof-mounted cameras can spot thunderstorms producing sprites far out over the Mediterranean Sea. Triangulation techniques have also allowed the researchers to calculate the dimensions of the sprites. "The candles in the sprites are up to 15 miles high, with the cluster of candles 45 miles wide — it looks like a huge birthday celebration!" Price said. Sprites may have some effect on the Earth's ozone layer, but researchers suspect that the global impact is small.
Poster Comment: Hey, it does sound more scientific than "swamp gas". But it's still BS. And that's a fact.
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#1. To: PSUSA (#0)
~ I can understand em trying to hide stuff from us, they are a paranoid lot after all ... but geeze, to continuously insult us is bad form (imo) UFOs have been around a long time .... Swamp gas in the Arctic was a no no, now Sprites on clear days, not a cloud on a hundred miles, oh well. Good as swamp gas I guess.
INteresting pics. I've seen the bottom one but the others are new to me.
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here's a couple more bits, it's a fun subject to explore, their lies seem silly nowdays, down right insulting ~~ this one is about my favorite, taken during the battle over LA in WWII - this ain't a sprite and they didn't even try to pretend it was Venus, nope, withstanding hours of anti-aircraft barrage was a weather balloon ... we made em good back then Illegal aliens with technology? That's my guess.
Pretty bad attempt at propaganda...LMAO. I guess sprites ("Flashes") of electricity explain UFOs hovering for several minutes where there is no thunderstorm activity.
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There are no space aliens. It is all in HOUNDAWGS head.
UFO's In Earth's History http://www.crystalinks.com/ufohistory.html 
Strange suited figure found in Kiev. It dates to ca. 4,000 BC. 
15th century 
more swamp gas, circa 1350
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INteresting pics. I've seen the bottom one but the others are new to me.
140 years of UFO sightings - Part I ~
A bunch of stuff has been released by the navy now, evidently our first aircraft carrier was a ufo magnet, became 'old hat' to see em around. In this video below, you can see some of the best reports .... within the first 2 minutes of this segment, you can see a ring left in the water by a UFO, stayed there for a few days too ...
I don't feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. (Galileo Galilei)
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"Natural Explanation Found for UFOs"
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