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1st Jul 2024, 22:05
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Melbourne. Very fast blinking light
Melbourne last night. An object with blinking a green and red light moved from south to north at a very fast speed. No sound. The light was clear so not in outer space.
Visible for some 10 seconds.
Any guess what it was?
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1st Jul 2024, 22:17
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Melbourne last night. An object with blinking a green and red light moved from south to north at a very fast speed. No sound. The light was clear so not in outer space.
Visible for some 10 seconds.
Any guess what it was?
R
My guess
.a unicorn doing their night rating.
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Originally Posted by runway16
Melbourne last night. An object with blinking a green and red light moved from south to north at a very fast speed. No sound. The light was clear so not in outer space.
Visible for some 10 seconds.
Any guess what it was?
R
You could try using WebTrak doing a historical search within the time period:
2nd Jul 2024, 00:00
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Venus??
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2nd Jul 2024, 00:22
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Drone.
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2nd Jul 2024, 02:05
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'Ours'....or.... "Theirs"...??
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3rd Jul 2024, 08:36
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Likely a drone.
remember the human eye does not differentiate well - given a similar apparent arc and apparent brightness / colour - a small LED on a low drone with larger bright light on an aircraft with a star trillions of miles away without some other concrete association.
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3rd Jul 2024, 09:29
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CS. It certainly fits the description. But I’ve been advised by the OP that it wasn’t a drone! Apparently it was doing 300kts 😱 Right.
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3rd Jul 2024, 11:24
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Ive seen plenty of fast jets at night, while star-gazing, that make little-to-no noise as they cross overhead or near overhead. Doesnt take too much altitude or low power settings to make them quiet.
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3rd Jul 2024, 15:08
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Police are known to conduct covert drone operations at night. I recently one had conducted near my place, went out to see what the heck was going on after seeing a group of people hanging around this site, detectives conducting an undercover operation in the night, including drone surveillance. I figured something was up when someone called the cops for them to just drive by, give them a wave then continue on.
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3rd Jul 2024, 20:52
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Originally Posted by nomess
Police are known to conduct covert drone operations at night. I recently one had conducted near my place, went out to see what the heck was going on after seeing a group of people hanging around this site, detectives conducting an undercover operation in the night, including drone surveillance. I figured something was up when someone called the cops for them to just drive by, give them a wave then continue on.
And then the cops drive by giving the game away. Nice. 
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3rd Jul 2024, 23:12
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And then the cops drive by giving the game away. Nice.
Like with their massive grey "covert" AW139. Did they not think anyone would ever notice a covert AW139? Not to mention that you can see all of the VicPol choppers on Flight Radar and AvTraffic ;-)
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