Blue Object Near The Sun

A strange blue sphere was caught on NASA cameras by the STEREO HI1 satellite. The object was spotted near the Sun by Facebook user and UFO hunter, Pamela Johnson. ( Here is a link to Pamela's original post https://www.facebook.com/pamela.johnson.77/posts/10209510827346595 Thank you blogdogit.com for hooking us up with that link.)
She posted a link to the pictures on her Facebook page and mentioned that it appeared the Sun was reacting to the object. See the pictures below.





One skeptic suggested it might be a holographic image projected on to the camera screen like a glitch, however it appears the sphere is behind Mercury. Another person said it might be a rogue planet. Rogue planets do appear to be seen as blue in infrared (see image of rogue planet below), but rogue planets usually move and are not known for disappearing so quickly. The sphere stayed still and was only seen for a few days starting on November 15th and now it is gone!



I also found this article https://blogs.nrao.edu/askanastronomer/2012/11/02/bright-object-near-the-sun/ where a photographer was asking an astronomer what the object that appeared in his photographs near the Sun could be. The astronomer answers that the object might not be astronomical...The mystery continues.

*My metaphysically based observation would suggest it was a rogue alien planet gathering energy from the Sun before disappearing through a Space portal. Sounds perfectly normal, right? ;-) *

Sky Watching: Did you see a UFO or was it just a satellite?

Last Night I was sky watching near Big Bear, CA and I spotted 5 different high altitude flying objects. I spotted one and then about 10 min later, I spotted another and so on and so fourth in the span of an hour. The objects did not blink or change light patterns like airplanes and helicopters and the objects were way higher in the sky compared to the planes I spotted as well. Another thing I observed was that the objects were moving in a continuous path across the sky. They did not stop and did not make any unusual gravity defying turns. This is what lead me to believe they might be artificial satellites, but what do satellites look like to the naked eye exactly? Well, I did some quick research and I discovered, they basically look exactly like what I saw last night. Here's what I learned about how to spot artificial satellites including the International Space Station, with your naked eye.

Apparently there are over 10,000 artificial satellites orbiting the Earth now. About half of them are big enough to reflect the sunlight and this is what allows us to spot them with the naked eye. The only satellite that has lights on it, is the International Space Station which, to the naked eye, looks about as  bright as a planet. It also, at this very moment, is carrying 6 humans aboard it! The best time to spot satellites are 2 to 3 hours after sunset and 2 to 3 hours before sunrise. At these times the satellites are passing over the night sky before the Earth's shadow blocks most of the sunlight that reflects off them. In order to get a good view of artificial satellites, it's best to be in an area where there is not a lot of city or town lights fogging up the night sky. The mountains and deserts are great places to view the clear, dark, sky and also it helps to watch for satellites on nights when the moon is not as bright. Moonlight can also cloud up a dark sky with its moon beams.

One of the objects I spotted gave off a bright light that flashed as it appeared and then quickly dimmed to a softer light as it moved across the sky. Within 4 seconds of the flash, the light dimmed out and the object at that point disappeared. I almost thought this could be a UFO due to its odd light behaviors, but I found it strange that the light still continued to move in a steady straight path. That was too "normal" compared to the "real" UFOs I've seen in the night sky... So this is what I discovered. There are certain artificial Iridium communication satellites that have shinny dish antennas which can give off flashes of reflected sunlight!
Sky watchers can follow Iridium satellite's obits and if they time it right, can see the flashes they give off! If you would like to give it a try, check out www.heavens-above.com

Now that I know for sure what satellites are suppose to look like in the night sky, I can compare that to the other objects I've seen that do not fit the characteristics of artificial satellites. One big characteristic to take note of is that when an object is moving in completely irregular patterns like zigzagging and moving in a circular pattern, it's a strong indication of a genuine UFO! Because satellites DO NOT do this.

[source: http://en.allexperts.com/q/Astronomy-1360/Observing-Satellite-Naked-eyes.htm ]