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Binkie The Clown

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54. But aliens is a more INTERESTING explanation.

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 01:54 PM

Jul 2015

Of course, it would be reckless and irresponsible of me to call them alien spacecraft. But it would be just as reckless and irresponsible for me to call them meteors without having actually seen them for myself.

To posit an explanation for something about which I have no hard data is something not even remotely resembling science.

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My son just saw 2 orange balls of light go through over the [View all] shraby Jul 2015 OP

A breaking up meteor? nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #1

He just called me back, he called the coast guard and they saw both of shraby Jul 2015 #3

Likely meteorites, nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #5

Feel The Bern - Walker.....nt global1 Jul 2015 #2

... Faux pas Jul 2015 #52

were they fast, maybe like a meteor or falling space debris? Marrah_G Jul 2015 #4

They were going fast, but a straight trajectory toward the lake, not shraby Jul 2015 #6

I would check google Marrah_G Jul 2015 #7

I'll do that. shraby Jul 2015 #8

meteors appear to streak across the sky edhopper Jul 2015 #38

Were they headed toward a town called Grover's Mill, by any chance? villager Jul 2015 #9

Nope, headed out over Lake Michigan. shraby Jul 2015 #14

LOL! Tipperary Jul 2015 #20

I see what you did there. sufrommich Jul 2015 #32

ETs cilla4progress Jul 2015 #10

Did they look like these from a while back? MADem Jul 2015 #11

Please post if you find out what they are! thecrow Jul 2015 #12

I googled... shraby Jul 2015 #15

Very strange! thecrow Jul 2015 #16

The last bits of Scott Walker's soul burning up. nt valerief Jul 2015 #13

Nah, they are coming to take him to a far far galaxy Iliyah Jul 2015 #17

If only!!!!! LongTomH Jul 2015 #48

Martians shenmue Jul 2015 #18

It's even made the news. LiberalAndProud Jul 2015 #19

That's a totally different area. We're by Lake Michigan. shraby Jul 2015 #22

Aliens. Blue_In_AK Jul 2015 #21

Nope, just unidentified balls of light. Orange ones at that. shraby Jul 2015 #23

but it could be aliens-- you don't know Fast Walker 52 Jul 2015 #31

But aliens is a more INTERESTING explanation. Binkie The Clown Jul 2015 #54

Oh, maybe they're coming to save us. nt raccoon Jul 2015 #49

We can always hope. :) Blue_In_AK Jul 2015 #51

Interesting Bosonic Jul 2015 #24

LOL! I listened to him for awhile last night, but he had to end it RKP5637 Jul 2015 #26

Donald Trump's hairpiece must have blown off his head! B Calm Jul 2015 #25

Trump says it's his hair and he's very upset that people malaise Jul 2015 #27

I thought he was giving Paris Hilton's dog a place to rest! *IF* that's his real hair, I'd fire my Ghost in the Machine Jul 2015 #60

Love di clot -100% Yardie malaise Jul 2015 #61

Sounds like meteors, but the timing is odd. Vinca Jul 2015 #28

Why would the timing be odd? Thor_MN Jul 2015 #29

It's odd to me since I've only witnessed singular meteors that appeared as an orange ball. Vinca Jul 2015 #45

contact your local MUFON and report the sighting Fast Walker 52 Jul 2015 #30

I think he was going to do just that, but I don't know if he did shraby Jul 2015 #33

Cool! A lot of people see things like this and never report them Fast Walker 52 Jul 2015 #62

Were the lights fuzzy or were they sharp, having a distinct outline? Octafish Jul 2015 #34

ROFLMAO snooper2 Jul 2015 #55

There are more questions to ask. Why do you find it so funny? Octafish Jul 2015 #57

I saw something just like that... Ino Jul 2015 #35

That's about the same thing he saw. To answer Octafish, shraby Jul 2015 #37

Thank you for the details. It sounds like an amazing thing to have witnessed. Octafish Jul 2015 #39

I'll do that. If some of you think my son is a young person, he is 52 shraby Jul 2015 #40

Has anybody seen Garfield lately? pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #36

Was it dark out when those balls of light were seen? stevenleser Jul 2015 #41

I'm not sure how dark it was, but he said they weren't high like an shraby Jul 2015 #42

Fighter jocks have been known to fly low and the F-35 is stealthy. It might not show up on radar stevenleser Jul 2015 #43

Wouldn't there have been some kind of sound from the jets? I'm not sure shraby Jul 2015 #44

Absolutely, in fact they are 2-3 times louder than F-15s and F-16. Still, noise can be a tricky stevenleser Jul 2015 #46

I'd have to talk to him, but he was sure they weren't from planes. shraby Jul 2015 #47

Sorry, had plane on the brain. I edited to say "Object". stevenleser Jul 2015 #50

Something that people don't realize about this area, is we get loads of shraby Jul 2015 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author jwirr Jul 2015 #56

Orange orbs is a fairly common UFO sighting. ZX86 Jul 2015 #58

Pluto is shooting at us. They're afraid we'll ruin their planet like we ruined ours. Erose999 Jul 2015 #59