Big Dipper UFO - Similar sighting in Canada

I was just perusing the latest UFO sightings on UFOstalker.com and noticed a report from Nova Scotia that is fairly similar to what I saw and wrote about last night.  The summary of this Canadian report caught my eye, "star like object moves quickly and fades out over 5-10 seconds. Saw 3 in ~1 hour."  What do ya know, I saw a star-like object that moved quickly and faded out over a few seconds!  Here's the report in full:

This happened in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada around the very early hours of June 28. I saw this exact same event happen three times in about 2 hours. I was star gazing as I often do. (aside - I noticed for the first time tonight that one of the stars in the handle of the big dipper is actually two stars that are very close to each other. Cool stuff) Anyway, I saw a ball of white light similar to a star appear and move at something similar to aircraft speed, but over 5 or 10 seconds the light slowly faded out until I couldnt see it anymore. I never actually was staring exactly where it appeared, but it was the motion out of nowhere that caught my eye. I have no idea what it could have been, but I am sure that it was not a star or a planet, because it was moving. It was not like any aircraft I have seen before because it did not have flashing lights(was steady light) and did not appear to make any sound. I do not think it was a sateillite because it was much brighter than any sateillite that I have seen before, and the light faded out slowly and unexpectantly. It travelled in a straight line, but faded out as if it was travelling further away. It happened high in the sky so it is not as if it faded as it headed towards the horizon. The first one I saw was travelling mainly south to north. The second one I saw was only about 60 seconds after the first, and this one was travelling mainly north to south. I came inside to tell my friend about what I saw, and a short while later I went back outside and after about 20 minutes I saw another one do the exact same thing, although this one was much further east in the sky, and was travelling mainly north to south. I was not scared, maybe just a little bit excited at what it could have been. I will be looking for more of these in the future!

After reading this, my first thought was that maybe I should have stayed outside for a while last night to make sure our friends were done with their show.  I may well have missed further activity.

Telescope at Lake Afton Public Observatory

There are more similarities than differences in our accounts which occurred 2,400 miles apart.  That's almost 4,000 kilometers for you Canucks.  The witness describes looking at the Big Dipper just before detailing the sighting.  The object I saw travelled through that very constellation.  The witness describes noticing a two-star system in the handle of the Big Dipper.  I wondered in my post last night if there was a connection to that very binary system, called Mizar.  Furthermore, I related a sighting I had while looking at Mizar through the telescope at a local observatory this past Sunday night. 

Other similarities: The direction of the first object observed by the Canadian witness was generally the same as mine.  Both started bright and seemed to fade over several seconds.  We both had the impression the object we witnessed was heading away from the Earth toward space. 

I've been a firm believer in extraterrestrial craft...well, my whole life, I guess.  Both intuition and logic tell me there's no way we're alone in this Universe and it's highly unlikely we're the most advanced, technologically or spiritually.  However, until recently I've had to rely on faith in the sightings of others.  The direct experience I sought was elusive.  Now, not only have I had three separate direct experiences in less than a month, but I've found what seems to be indirect confirmation that others have seen the same thing. 

I realize there will be holdouts who still believe we're alone on this rock; people who would question my mental health, I'm sure.  But I know what I've seen.  And now I know I'm not the only one to see it.  These are heady days, my friends.

Edit - 10:46am June 29, 2011:
Since posting this report, I've learned of similar sightings in California, Texas, and possibly Alabama.

Another UFO over Wichita

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My wife and I had just returned home tonight from dropping my daughter with her mother.  Monica, my wife, sat down to smoke a cigarette before going inside and I took to my now practically habitual practice of checking out the stars.  I started looking to the south and slowing turned my gaze clockwise.  When my attention got to the Big Dipper in the northwest, I noticed a bright yellow glowing orb underneath and moving upwards toward the constellation.  Almost as soon as I spotted it, it picked up momentum and seemed to decrease in luminosity by about a third.  The color changed from a deep yellow to more of a white and the shape seemed to slim from an egg shape to more of a sliver.  I called to Monica to come quickly, even though the poor thing hurt her foot yesterday.  Having witnessed some other strangeness with me recently, she quickly hobbled over and spotted it with me.

As we watched, the object zipped through the cup of the Big Dipper and seemed to be heading out of the atmosphere.  It continued on until it completely faded from view.  I immediately came inside and wrote up a report to MUFON.

Over the time I witnessed the object, it fluctuated in acceleration, brightness, color and direction.  Click on the image to get a better view of what I perceived.

Mizar connection?
Sunday night Monica and I met up with a couple friends and went to the Lake Afton Public Observatory.  Among other stops in the night sky (Saturn totally rocked), the observatory volunteers trained the telescope on Mizar, the first binary system ever discovered.  When it was my turn to look through the scope, I took my time.  I really wanted to examine these two stars balanced in space, orbiting an invisible point of gravitational equilibrium with 88 light years between them.  As I observed and listened to the volunteer explain the salient points to the line of people waiting to catch a glimpse, a bright yellow object streaked across the field of vision.

Now, let's get something straight.  I'm 38 years old.  I've seen my share of falling stars.  While the object in the eyepiece of the telescope did move at a good clip, it did NOT shoot as fast as a meteorite.  It was decidedly slower.  When I saw it, I sucked in my breath loudly.  I wonder how many people in line wondered why.  I just smiled to myself and climbed off the ladder to give the next person a turn.

Incidentally, Mizar just happens to be located...in the Big Dipper.

Two yellow UFOs 48 hours apart in the same constellation.  And in the same month as another major sighting.  I'm left wondering if our friends are responding to my requests to see them or if there's just that much more activity right now.  My ego prefers the former.

All I know for sure is how I feel right now.  I'm hopeful.  I, like so many other Lightworkers, have been demoralized by the direction of recent events visible in the alternative media.  That feeling has lifted, though.  Now I feel a calm certainty that things are indeed moving toward the first step of what we've all been waiting and working for.  Disclosure truly must be just around the corner.

I'm buckled in and ready.  Let's roll.