Now for July 2008:
"Unfortunately, Jupiter is in the southernmost portion of the ecliptic now, in the constellation Sagittarius the Archer. It takes a very low path across the sky, from southeast to southwest, and is up only about 8 hours. A telescopic view will be best when Jupiter is highest, around midnight or 1 AM."
Now I ask again, would he have been seeing Jupiter at 4:00 AM in his location? I doubt it very much, at least not so much that he would confuse it with a UFO.
http://www.google.co...E61ptevKWA54nig
At midnight on July 9-10, 2008, Jupiter might have looked something like this in the dark sky, but it would not have at 4:00 AM. Jupiter is roughly in the middle of the picture, but you have to click on it to make it appear larger.
Edited by TheMacGuffin, 06 September 2012 - 07:22 PM.