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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
How bright does a flare have to be to be visible from 130 miles away? Pretty damn bright. I don't know the first thing about flares, but I have a hard time believing such a thing is even possible. How big would it have to be? And if it's not a question of big, what material burns that brightly?
I would like to know if our government possesses this capability. If they do, we should get a look at it. They could drop a line of them near Leduc and we could watch the show live from here in Calgary.
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If it's those flares they use to light up an entire battlefield at night, they're pretty bright. Visible from 130 miles away? Who knows, though it's easy see satellites much further away just by reflected sunlight.
If the flares were over 100 miles away, you wouldn't hear the aircraft.
I'm more likely to believe it was flares, or even unrevealed test aircraft, rather than aliens. But I'm also likely to believe the hoofprint in my yard is made by a horse than a zebra or a unicorn.