ZACK'S SKY PAGE looking up since forever

ATTENTION EARTH

I don't think
we're alone.

I also don't think every weird light is an alien. Please stop saying I said that.

WEATHER BALLOONS
SATELLITES
PLANES
DRONES
VENUS
AND THEN OTHER STUFF

01

My position

The universe is ridiculously large.

There are more planets than Zack can reasonably think about before breakfast.

Somewhere in all of that, I think life probably happened more than once.

Intelligent life? Maybe.

Visiting us? That's the difficult part.

FIELD EQUIPMENT current setup

10×50 binoculars

cheap tripod that leans slightly left

phone

compass

notebook

red flashlight

thermos

patience

SKY LOG

Things I looked at for too long.

Two white points moving west

Parallel path. Constant speed. No sudden movement.

probably satellites
Bright object low in the northwest

Did not move for twenty-three minutes.

Venus
Three lights, triangular arrangement

Looked exciting for approximately twelve seconds.

aircraft
Single amber light

No obvious navigation lights. Changed direction once. Lost behind trees.

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SEE? I CAN IDENTIFY THINGS.

THINGS I THINK

  • Life elsewhere is plausible.
  • Microbial life elsewhere would already be enormous news.
  • Most UFO sightings probably have ordinary explanations.
  • Some observations remain genuinely unexplained.
  • Not knowing something is allowed.
  • The sky is much more interesting if you actually look at it.

THINGS I AM NOT SAYING

  • Every unexplained light is extraterrestrial.
  • I have classified information.
  • I work for NASA.
  • I have met an alien.
  • The pigeon incident proves anything.
IMPORTANT EVENT

THE PIGEON INCIDENT 

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I saved a pigeon once.

The pigeon was standing in a location that was, in my professional opinion, extremely suspicious.

I removed the pigeon from the immediate area.

Roughly ninety seconds later, something happened.

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I have been advised not to discuss the rest.

Cindy would like me to clarify that nobody has actually advised me not to discuss this.

The pigeon is fine.

A MORE RESPONSIBLE PERSON

My friend Cindy thinks about this stuff too.

She cares about probability, evidence, life, intelligence and whether we're asking the right questions.

She also says I use the word “definitely” incorrectly.

CINDY'S SITE →

If her site isn't there yet, she is probably still rewriting the section about the Fermi paradox.

IF YOU SEE SOMETHING WEIRD:

  1. look at it
  2. note the time
  3. note the direction
  4. check aircraft
  5. check satellites
  6. check planets
  7. then get excited