Seen passing through the sky while eating lunch. Too big to be a balloon in our opinion. It appears to be rotating or fluttering

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[–] 23 points 2 months ago (1 child)

I think it's one of those metalized plastic helium balloons. One with a tail, floating away on the wind. The sun reflecting off it makes it seem larger than it is. And being in de sky makes it hard to get a perspective on the size. It's probably closer than you'd think.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago

    I've seen something like that, believe or not, when at a music festival a small unattended tent that was not properly staked down got caught in the wind and a thermal updraft and went way up in the skt to be blown about. Had I not seen it with my own eyes I would have never believed it was possible.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    Bird drone. It forgot its feathers.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    You didn't see anything.

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    [–] [S] 3 points 2 months ago

    Was cruising over metro Detroit. was too consistent to be a tent (I've seen some funny video's of those)

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

    Maybe a lower orbit satellite flare?

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    You can take a look here for some satellite trackers. Not sure which one is good enough.

    Edit 2: as others pointed out, its very unlikely to be a satellite

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