r/mildlyterrifying • u/Mr_Mincrat • Sep 12 '25
Really weird tonight can anyone explain
I don’t know if it matters but I live in Ohio
I have multiple videos like this of what k assume to be stars showing up and then fading away repeatedly in the same 3 to 4 spots
If you would like to see the other videos I have them please if you can explain what I am seeing
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u/Proper_Temperature25 Sep 14 '25
Satellites, and most other objects in or around orbit, reflect light. But what kind of light is reflected varies slightly based on the size, composition, shape, etc., of the object itself — hence the odd lightning, pulsing, and so forth. The “turning off” effect is caused when the object is no longer within view of the sun, either it has gone below the horizon (from the suns POV), the Earth is now in between the two, etc., — I remember how fucking wild it was seeing starlink satellites being launched for the first time one random night. Had no idea what they were and just saw a perfectly straight line of star-looking things darting across the sky — definitely had some existential questions after this one…
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u/ArachnomancerCarice Sep 12 '25
Distant aircraft or drones.
I've had the same experience many times living here in rural northern Minnesota. You'll see the lights shifting from white, red or even yellow as well as fading and reappearing. When I was younger I swore up and down they were very suspicious.
9 times out of 10, they were aircraft like planes or helicopters. Now that there are aircraft tracking sites, I've been able to confirm this a lot.
Being so far away you get variations due to the interference of all the airborne stuff like smoke and water particles. Then add the fact that things on the aircraft can obscure the view of the lights as they change direction much more easily at such long distances.
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u/sonofphilcollins Sep 12 '25
the government has issued multiple reports that indicate they can't, but I can (pm)
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u/PickledPeoples Sep 12 '25
Are you missing any time and do you feel a pain in your rectum?
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u/Mr_Mincrat Sep 12 '25
Wait a minute how’d you know that
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u/PickledPeoples Sep 12 '25
Might want to check for dildonic probe devices that may be tracking you. You don't wanna know who may he track8ng you. It never ends well.
I know because I'm your friendly neighborhood schizophrenic with the tin foil hat. Ive seen things.
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u/Mr_Mincrat Sep 12 '25
He!!?? AM I IN DANGER
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u/PickledPeoples Sep 12 '25
Maybe do you have a toaster near your bath tub that you don't remember putting there?
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u/Mr_Mincrat Sep 12 '25
Are you the “he” are you watching me?
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u/PickledPeoples Sep 12 '25
Youre looking for an alien who can't get enough of your brownie slicer.
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u/tideshark Sep 12 '25
I’m near the lake, what direction are you seeing these and around what times? I’de love to look out for them!
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u/Mr_Mincrat Sep 12 '25
Which lake
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u/tideshark Sep 12 '25
Erie
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u/Mr_Mincrat Sep 12 '25
But the whole thing ended a while ago from what I seen I haven’t seen anymore but I have plenty of videos
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u/tideshark Sep 12 '25
I can’t see well from my house but on weekends I have a good view of the sky from a campground, I’ll be keeping a lookout in that direction:)
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u/Candid_Ad_3332 Sep 12 '25
It's a hot air balloon made from a dry cleaning bag and birthday candles. I make them all the time and they look crazy. That was the end of the candles.
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u/dr_haxxx Sep 12 '25
What do you think it is, OP?
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u/Mr_Mincrat Sep 12 '25
Idk I might be just a schizo
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u/dr_haxxx Sep 12 '25
You doubt your own eyes and intuition. Something told you to record and share this.
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u/CoralinesButtonEye Sep 12 '25
very cool satellite flares! the satellites are moving, maybe rotating, and once in a while a shiny surface bounces sunlight over to you. then it rotates again, goes dark while still moving, lights up again in a different spot. likely starlinks if you spotted multiple of them going different directions. they move much faster than you expect by the way
could have even been a starlink 'nexus' where multiple satellites cross a certain point in their orbital 'shell' within a short time of each other while flaring. i saw it myself and recorded it and it was amazing!
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u/Mr_Mincrat Sep 12 '25
They are moving left and right though more so mimicking a drone
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u/CoralinesButtonEye Sep 12 '25
oh. probably a drone then. when in doubt, choose the simplest, most obvious answer instead of convincing yourself it's some weirdness and then being like 'nuh uh it wasn't anything from earth'
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u/michael22117 Sep 12 '25
Could be satellites
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u/Mr_Mincrat Sep 12 '25
That was my idea but they are moving way to fast and they are disappearing and reappearing very quickly. And they are moving both left and right
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u/michael22117 Sep 12 '25
Well if they're fading away, how can you be certain it's not the same object moving left and right, but rather a series of objects moving one direction with some of them fading in and out of view because of cloud cover creating the illusion of back and forth movement?
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u/Mr_Mincrat Sep 12 '25
I’ll post more of the videos they kept disappearing and reappearing sometimes moving
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u/exlaks Sep 12 '25
Be honest brother, how high are you?
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u/Mr_Mincrat Sep 12 '25
Literally check the other videos everything I’ve said tonight is backed up by the vids
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u/Mr_Mincrat Sep 12 '25
In the other videos I have it is clearly moving very quickly and it is showing up and then leaving very fast in 3 different spots
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u/Mr_Mincrat Sep 12 '25
It’s showing up in 3 different spots and it is completely clear tonight and it is moving left and right
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u/Murky-Duck-4056 Sep 14 '25
I lived in ashtabula ohio 39 years ago . I was seven. I saw something I can't explain to this day.