1 00:00:20,487 --> 00:00:22,422 IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 2 00:00:22,522 --> 00:00:26,092 JAMES: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS, IM JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR 3 00:00:26,192 --> 00:00:28,428 OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 4 00:00:28,528 --> 00:00:31,131 DEAN: AND I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI 5 00:00:31,231 --> 00:00:32,365 OBSERVATORY. 6 00:00:32,465 --> 00:00:35,068 WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY. 7 00:00:35,168 --> 00:00:37,637 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A MYSTERIOUS LIGHT IN THE SKY? 8 00:00:37,737 --> 00:00:39,672 SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU PAUSE, MAKES YOU WONDER? 9 00:00:39,773 --> 00:00:41,608 JAMES: MAKES YOU THINK AN ALIEN INVASION IS COMING? 10 00:00:41,708 --> 00:00:44,411 DEAN: JAMES AND I GET A LOT OF CALLS FROM STAR GAZERS 11 00:00:44,511 --> 00:00:46,946 OUT THERE WHO SEE MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS IN THE SKY. 12 00:00:47,047 --> 00:00:48,681 JAMES: SOMETIMES THEY ARE BLINKING. 13 00:00:48,782 --> 00:00:50,784 SOMETIMES THEY ARE FAST-MOVING AND BRIGHT. 14 00:00:50,884 --> 00:00:53,953 AND OTHER TIMES THEY SLOWLY CREEP FROM ONE SIDE OF THE SKY TO THE OTHER. 15 00:00:54,054 --> 00:00:56,990 DEAN: UNFORTUNATELY THESE U.F.O.S ARE NOT FROM ALIENS 16 00:00:57,090 --> 00:01:01,094 - I'VE BEEN WATCHING AND WAITING FOR THEM FOR YEARS, BUT SO FAR NOTHING. 17 00:01:01,194 --> 00:01:03,096 ALIENS NEVER CALL, NEVER WRITE BACK... 18 00:01:03,196 --> 00:01:05,932 JAMES: ITS OKAY DEAN, DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY. 19 00:01:06,032 --> 00:01:08,668 IF THESE MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS AREN'T ALIENS, WHAT ARE THEY? 20 00:01:08,768 --> 00:01:10,904 DEAN: WE'RE GOING TO SHARE OUR TIPS FOR SOLVING 21 00:01:11,004 --> 00:01:16,009 THE MYSTERY, AND TURN THESE U.F.O.S INTO IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS. 22 00:01:16,109 --> 00:01:17,243 LETS SHOW YOU! 23 00:01:17,343 --> 00:01:19,512 DEAN: OKAY, WE HAVE OUR SKY SET FOR ANY NIGHT THIS 24 00:01:19,612 --> 00:01:22,649 WEEK FACING SOUTHWEST JUST AFTER SUNSET. 25 00:01:22,749 --> 00:01:27,253 WE'RE LOOKING FOR EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL OBJECTS, AND THERE IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMONLY-SEEN 26 00:01:27,353 --> 00:01:29,055 UFOS JUST ABOVE THE HORIZON. 27 00:01:29,155 --> 00:01:31,224 IT IS SUSPICIOUSLY BRIGHT. 28 00:01:31,324 --> 00:01:33,827 JAMES: IT MAY NOT MOVE ACROSS THE SKY IN AN ALIEN 29 00:01:33,927 --> 00:01:37,630 WAY, BUT ITS BRIGHTNESS IS SO DAZZLING THAT PEOPLE WONDER ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. 30 00:01:37,730 --> 00:01:42,502 IT IS ACTUALLY THE PLANET VENUS AND WHEN PEOPLE SEE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY ARE STARTLED. 31 00:01:42,602 --> 00:01:45,138 DEAN: OFTEN IF I'M DRIVING IN A CAR AND I SEE IT, 32 00:01:45,238 --> 00:01:46,573 I THINK, WHOA WHAT IS THAT? 33 00:01:46,673 --> 00:01:49,442 JAMES: AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DRIVE ON A CURVY ROAD, 34 00:01:49,542 --> 00:01:51,611 VENUS CAN GIVE YOU THE IMPRESSION THAT IT IS 35 00:01:51,711 --> 00:01:53,480 FOLLOWING YOU. 36 00:01:53,580 --> 00:01:56,783 BUT WE WANT EVERYONE TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD AND LET YOUR PASSENGERS WATCH VENUS. 37 00:01:56,883 --> 00:01:59,285 DEAN: NOW IF YOU LIVE IN A CITY YOULL PROBABLY SEE 38 00:01:59,385 --> 00:02:01,187 A LOT OF BLINKING LIGHTS IN THE SKY. 39 00:02:01,287 --> 00:02:03,857 TOPS OF BUILDINGS, RADIO TOWERS AND MORE. 40 00:02:03,957 --> 00:02:06,192 JAMES: BUT IF YOU SEE A BLINKING LIGHT THAT IS MOVING 41 00:02:06,292 --> 00:02:09,329 AT A STEADY RATE, ITS PROBABLY JUST A PLANE. 42 00:02:09,429 --> 00:02:13,833 SOMETIMES WHEN PLANES ARE FLYING RIGHT AT YOU THEY CAN GIVE THE IMPRESSION OF A UFO. 43 00:02:13,933 --> 00:02:18,671 BUT KEEP WATCHING, AND WHEN THEY GO PAST YOU, YOU WILL SEE THE TELLTALE BLINKING RED AND 44 00:02:18,771 --> 00:02:19,906 BLUE LIGHTS. 45 00:02:20,006 --> 00:02:22,208 DEAN: NOW PLANES MIGHT MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE SKY 46 00:02:22,308 --> 00:02:25,245 BUT WHAT IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE AND YOU SEE A QUICK FLASH? 47 00:02:25,345 --> 00:02:29,182 OUT OF THE CORNER OF YOUR EYE, OR STREAKING QUICKLY ACROSS THE SKY YOU SEE THIS. 48 00:02:29,282 --> 00:02:30,483 JAMES: WHOA! 49 00:02:30,583 --> 00:02:33,419 IF IT MOVES SUPER-FAST AND ONLY LASTS A SECOND OR TWO, 50 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:37,557 THATS A METEOR, OR WHAT MOST PEOPLE CALL A SHOOTING STAR. 51 00:02:37,657 --> 00:02:42,295 METEORS ARE TINY PIECES OF ICE, ROCK, AND DUST THAT FALL FROM SPACE INTO OUR ATMOSPHERE. 52 00:02:42,395 --> 00:02:45,632 DEAN: THE BRIGHTER ONES CAN EVEN TURN GREEN IN COLOR, 53 00:02:45,732 --> 00:02:49,269 BREAK UP INTO PIECES AND EVEN LEAVE VISIBLE SMOKE-TRAILS BEHIND. 54 00:02:49,369 --> 00:02:50,703 LOOK JAMES, MAKE A WISH! 55 00:02:50,803 --> 00:02:52,438 JAMES: OOH, SO COOL. 56 00:02:52,539 --> 00:02:55,341 DEAN: BUT WHAT IF YOU SEE A SLOW-MOVING, 57 00:02:55,441 --> 00:02:58,478 NON-BLINKING LIGHT STEADILY CROSSING THE NIGHT SKY? 58 00:02:58,578 --> 00:02:59,579 WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? 59 00:02:59,679 --> 00:03:02,015 JAMES: MOST LIKELY ITS A SATELLITE. 60 00:03:02,115 --> 00:03:04,684 THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF THESE MAN-MADE OBJECTS CIRCLING 61 00:03:04,784 --> 00:03:06,052 THE EARTH. 62 00:03:06,152 --> 00:03:07,520 DEAN: ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST SATELLITES IS THE INTERNATIONAL 63 00:03:07,620 --> 00:03:10,256 SPACE STATION, OR ISS. 64 00:03:10,356 --> 00:03:17,363 THE ISS IS 239 FEET WIDE, 356 FEET LONG, AND 66 FEET TALL SO IT CAN OFTEN LOOK BRIGHTER 65 00:03:17,463 --> 00:03:19,766 THAN THE BRIGHTEST STARS IN THE SKY. 66 00:03:19,866 --> 00:03:24,771 SIX CREW MEMBERS CAN LIVE THERE AT A TIME, SO IF YOU SEE THE ISS GOING OVERHEAD, BE SURE 67 00:03:24,871 --> 00:03:26,005 TO WAVE! 68 00:03:26,105 --> 00:03:28,575 JAMES: THE REASON WHY YOU CAN SEE THE ISS AND OTHER 69 00:03:28,675 --> 00:03:33,813 SATELLITES IS THAT, WHILE YOU'RE IN THE DARK, THE SUN IS STILL SHINING ON THEM. 70 00:03:33,913 --> 00:03:38,451 THEY ARE ABOUT 200 TO 300 MILES UP AND SO ITS STILL DAYTIME THERE. 71 00:03:38,551 --> 00:03:43,356 THE SUNLIGHT REFLECTS OFF THEM AND LET'S YOU SEE THEM JUST AFTER SUNSET OR RIGHT BEFORE 72 00:03:43,456 --> 00:03:44,591 SUNRISE. 73 00:03:44,691 --> 00:03:46,392 DEAN: YOU CAN USE APPS LIKE SATELLITE TRACKER AND 74 00:03:46,492 --> 00:03:49,862 SPUTNIK TO SEE WHEN BRIGHT SATELLITES WILL FLY OVERHEAD. 75 00:03:49,963 --> 00:03:55,802 AND I REALLY LIKE THE WEBSITE HEAVENS-DASH-ABOVE.COM TO TELL ME WHEN AND WHERE TO LOOK FOR THEM. 76 00:03:55,902 --> 00:04:00,673 DEAN: SO IM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR U.F.O.S TO FLY OVER MY TOWN, BUT THEY ALWAYS END UP 77 00:04:00,773 --> 00:04:01,908 BEING IDENTIFIABLE. 78 00:04:02,008 --> 00:04:04,877 JAMES: WHETHER YOU SEE DAZZLING VENUS AFTER SUNSET, 79 00:04:04,978 --> 00:04:10,683 BLINKING PLANES, STREAKING METEORS, OR STEADILY-MOVING SATELLITES, THESE OBJECTS CAN MAKE YOUR STAR 80 00:04:10,783 --> 00:04:11,951 GAZING EXPERIENCE EVEN BETTER. 81 00:04:12,051 --> 00:04:15,054 DEAN: AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE YOULL SEE AN ALIEN SOMEDAY. 82 00:04:15,154 --> 00:04:17,890 JAMES: YEAH, NOW THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING. 83 00:04:17,991 --> 00:04:20,260 GOOD LUCK WITH THAT WILD-ALIEN CHASE, DEAN! 84 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,360 BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!