Size of Object(s)

3 inches

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

In front 30 feet. In back 8 feet.

Shape of Object(s)

Orb

Color of Object(s):

Blue

Full Description & Details

Hi, I read an article about mysterious clouds glow blue.

I found the article very interesting because a few years

ago I had an encounter with a ball of bright blue light.

About nine years ago I was coming home from a friends

House in St Paul Minnesota.

It was nighttime around 9:30 or 10:00 pm when I pulled in front of my house in Minneapolis,

I noticed a blue glowing light on the back glass of a car parked in

front of me about 30 feet. I almost didn't pay it any attention

because I thought it was a reflection of a blue light shining

somewhere in the neighborhood.

While still in my car I looked

up and down the street to see if there was a blue light coming

from somewhere in the neighborhood. I saw nothing. Next,

something strange happened. The blue light shining on the

back glass of the car moved about six feet up in the air. I was

amazed because the blue light was now suspended in mid air.

As I looked at the blue light, it gave me the feeling it was

looking at me.

Next a voice inside my head told me to look at

my rear view mirror. I looked into the mirror and saw two smaller

blue lights outside of my back glass. They stayed there for about

eight seconds and disappeared, weirdest thing I ever saw.

From that point on I am very interested on subjects of blue glowing lights.

I recently purchased the UFO files from the History channel.

The reason I purchased the VHS is because a

Russian cosmonaut explained nearly the same incident he

experienced when he was in outer space, although the lights

He saw where not blue, but gold. I decided to write this e-mail

Incase someone else had a similar experience.



Larry L Weathers

lldw@visi.com

 

Edge of Space: Mystery Clouds Glow Blue

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They're thin, wispy, and shiny. They glow an unmistakable shade of electric blue. Clearly visible to the astronauts on the International Space Station, the mysterious clouds float on the edge of space in the same region where the space shuttle Columbia broke up. What are they?



The official name for these high-altitude ice clouds is "noctilucent clouds" or "night-shining clouds." Some even speculate they may have contributed to the Columbia disaster. Others think they are seeded by space dust, while still others suspect they're a sign of global warming. Whatever they are, they're growing in abundance and are a great puzzle to scientists, reports ABCNews.com and Space.com.

They are visible from Earth only in the summer months, so right now they can be seen in the Southern Hemisphere. "We've seen definite changes," admitted John Olivero, a professor of physical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla., to ABCNews.com reporter Amanda Onion. "It appears the particles that make up the clouds have gotten slightly bigger with time, and it appears the clouds are now visible further away from the poles than they have been before."

The only other reported sighting of such clouds was more than a century ago in 1883 when Krakatoa, an island volcano in Indonesia, erupted. The ash spewed some 50 miles into the air and anchored water vapor at high altitudes. The vapor condensed to ice, and the blue clouds were formed. In addition to enjoying magnificent sunsets, Indonesians who stayed up late enough reported seeing the shimmering, blue clouds. Long after the sunsets returned to normal, the night-shining clouds were still visible. "It's puzzling," Gary Thomas, a professor at the University of Colorado, told Space.com reporter Tony Phillips. "Noctilucent clouds have not only persisted, but also spread."

A volcano eruption caused them in 1883. What has caused them to appear now? Scientists are stumped. They're up too high--some 30 to 60 miles above the Earth--to reach them by weather balloon, but they're too close to our planet for an orbiting satellite to check it out. There are theories. Global warming and the effect of greenhouse gasses on the mesosphere is the most popular one.

Even the space shuttle Columbia astronauts reported seeing them over the Southern Hemisphere. Because so little is understood about the night-shining clouds, some are wondering if they might have played a role in the Columbia disaster. Others dismiss that since Columbia broke up in the Northern Hemisphere, far away from the clouds.

All these questions may be answered in 2006 when NASA launches a small satellite that will take wide angle photographs of the noctilucent clouds, measure their temperatures and chemicals, and more. Until then, enjoy the view.

--Cathryn Conroy

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/package.jsp?name=news/edgeofspace/edgeofspace&floc=wn-ns

Witness Background

I work in manufactoring for a company called Honeywell. High school graduate.

Other Comments

This is a true story. Thanks for reading.

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