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Jupiter mistaken for distress flare

By T.K. Randall
October 9, 2011 · Comment icon 12 comments

Image Credit: NASA/JHU/APL
Lifeboat crews were called after a man thought he saw a "flare" that turned out to be the planet Jupiter.
An RAF rescue helicopter arrived on the scene soon after the call was received suggesting a boat was in distress after a witness claimed he'd seen flares over the sea. "As the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade spoke further to the member of the public it became apparent that the flares were in fact the planet Jupiter which is very low in the sky at this time of year," said a coastguard representative.
Tynemouth RNLI and a RAF helicopter were called out at 7. 45pm on Monday to locate a potentially troubled vessel six miles off the coast of Tynemouth Longsands, North Tyneside.


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Comment icon #3 Posted by undertheflow 14 years ago
Reminds me of the time that I mistook a golf ball for a death star.
Comment icon #4 Posted by __Kratos__ 14 years ago
Well Jupiter is pretty close to Earth this time of year. edit: Ooohhh found the link to the story. That Still Waters also posted. XD Here Comes Jupiter: October 29th 2011 http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=213601
Comment icon #5 Posted by angi chiesa 14 years ago
well I was sailing off the mountainous shore of Crete,looking for a flashing nvigation light I was sailing off shore near some mountains at night,looking for a flashing navigation beacon. Suddenly I saw it. well after navigating by it for a few minutes it turned out to be a cars headlamps winding down a windy road.
Comment icon #6 Posted by Mentalcase 14 years ago
I don't buy it. No way a single, stable object could be mistaken for a flare!? Maybe he was drunk and it appeared to move about? Or the coast gaurd was lazy and just excepted that as an explanation?
Comment icon #7 Posted by Anotheryahoo 14 years ago
Jupiter has been mistaken many times by the uninformed though how you mistake a steady planet for a moving flare that travels in a arc and falls quickly is beyond me. Maybe this was the 1st time this person ever looked at the stars and planets or like it was said a convenient explanation for the coast guard.
Comment icon #8 Posted by Capt Snowflake 14 years ago
I was looking at Jupiter the other night from my balcony in Sweden. I've never seen it so large and bright before, could even make out some of it's moons with a cheap pair of binoculars. When I lived in England I needed a powerful telescope to see them. The sky in Sweden is much clearer at night though, especially now winter is coming.
Comment icon #9 Posted by AsatroGubbe 14 years ago
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Comment icon #10 Posted by Mike 215 14 years ago
IT sounds like a UFO case and with the navy covering it up by claiming it was a planet.
Comment icon #11 Posted by xScorpinix 14 years ago
IT sounds like a UFO case and with the navy covering it up by claiming it was a planet. Derp.
Comment icon #12 Posted by woopypooky 14 years ago
how can they see Jupiter from earth here, using bare eyes? anybody has such photo? i never seen jupiter with bare eyes before.
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