We live about twenty miles from the Richmond airport so I'm used to seeing commercial jets coming and going both day and night. They are visible during the day and at night , I see the blinking lights. At times, we have seen the space station pass over. Tonight, while taking the trash can out to the curb, I noticed a white light, that was about the same size as the stars only it was moving, so I assumed it was an airliner. Then I noticed it was not moving in a straight line. It would reverse direction for a few seconds, then abruptly take a 90 degree turn. Overall, it moved from one side of the sky to another but constantly changing direction for short periods. I thought perhaps it was a helicopter but the altitude was much too high and even helicopters usually travel in a straight line unless they are very low, which this was not.
So, any ideas on what I was seeing? Probably something obvious I haven't thought of.

Did it look like a Tic-tac?

Drone?

Yes, it was an alien space craft, but get this-

The aliens are also ghosts. That's right. You saw DEAD ALIENS FROM OUTER SPACE!!!

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Yes, it was an alien space craft, but get this-

The aliens are also ghosts. That's right. You saw DEAD ALIENS FROM OUTER SPACE!!!

Whoa!

Gosh, when you say it out loud, it sounds kinda crazy.

Were you 'weaving' and 'swaying' from some tasty beverages earlier in the day?

That could explain some of the erratic movement...

If you can't identify it, then yes, it's an unidentified flying object.

They're now called "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena" (UAPs). Apparently the government thinks that the term UFO has become too stigmatized.

Did you check with the Air Force? It's probably swamp gas.

I saw something just like that but more weird. Yes, you saw a UFO. If you had taken video no-one would be able to reliably identify it with otherwise commonly available evidence. So yea you're a bonafide believer.

I saw on TV today that the US Navy has updated aviator regulations for reporting UFOs, apparently aviators are noting possible collisions with any real bogeys. The story included the fact that the bogey could be an artifact caused by a radar software bug.

Interesting stuff.

None of the interstellar craft with which I'm familiar have lights, at least in flight. There really isn't a need for them, you see. And of those, only one is capable of atmospheric flight, and all are poorly reflective of normal visible wavelengths, with an albedo approaching zero for good reason. So there's that.

Weather balloon. Ask anyone in Roswell NM.

Have you been hearing this?

It's a well known fact that extraterrestrials are obsessed with inebriated rural country folk and their farm animals. If you fit this description you may have actually seen a ufo. Get ready for some probing.

I have seen two things in the last year that were not behaving like normal aircraft. Call them what you want.

Back in 1987 I saw what looked like a series of lights tumbling like a Ferris wheel in the sky above Kennecot copper mine.