My first Sprite

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My first Sprite

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Hi folks:

After so many hundreds hours of video - a Sprite finally 'wandered' into my FOV.

http://nightevents.blogspot.com/


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oh~~~my~~~god!!! I dreamed of seeing that!!! I wonder if it was bright enough for naked eye, if so, so sad I missed it~~~~~~!!! :cry:
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Congratulations on such a good finding! :)
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Post by weixing »

Hi,
Interesting.... How long does the "Sprite" appear in the video?? May be you can show us the whole clip??

Other possible explanation of the cause of the "Sprite"?? Such as electrical interference or may be dust particle in the air reflected by some light??

Have a nice day.

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Post by Airconvent »

Hi all
Info on sprites :

http://www.ufologie.net/htm/sylphes.htm


Its very very rare...I think Chia should go and buy 4D immediately!
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Post by gwenyi »

very good find ! yeah , it would be good to show us the sequence leading up to the sprites.
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Hi folks:

Thanks...

I just added the video in http://www.ykchia.com/nov.htm

This is a single frame event - so fast that there are no visible precausor leading to it. ( Unless i have a high speed and low sensitve ccd...)
They do look like humaniods in space suit...? Dont they?

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Congrats to Y.K. Chia! I have been looking out for decades but yet to see one. :)
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Airconvent wrote:Hi all
Info on sprites :

http://www.ufologie.net/htm/sylphes.htm


Its very very rare...I think Chia should go and buy 4D immediately!
:lol:
This is informative! Thanks a lot for sharing this.
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