UFO Star or Planet? What is this?

What is this? Star~Planet~UFO. Footage taken 11/6/08 at 7:50 MST in the southern sky(from Southern Utah).
It has been there for many nights, even weeks. Last time I looked it was not rainbow flashing, it was bright and white.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• UFO
• rainbow
• star
• planet
• flying
• saucer
• mysterious

[elysium22]

I have no footage but for the last week or so I have been seeing one particular star flash rainbow like a strobe light. What is it?

[tisturod]

I've been seeing alot of rainbow stars, more than ever before. I don't think they are all stars though. I look at the big dipper and they don't flash rainbows. There are to many of these to be planets, so what are they? Your guess is as good as mine.

[unknownpower000]

What kind of camera do you have? I can't get a good shot on my mom's camera. I need something better.

[tisturod]

This was taken with a Konica Minolta Dimage Z10, it is a 3.2 MP. May I recommend MORE megapixels than 3.2! I took some footage of distant city lights and it looked the same. However, this 'star' was twinkling rainbow colors.

[alizeroxx]

the lights are wayy to bright to be a star sorry

in actual fact i know this because the sky was completely cloudy and no other stars in sight , plus i have seen this object move about 200 km in the space of 5 to 10 mins. my camera is an old crappy videocam with night shot. i was never able to pick up any stars on it at night but when i recorded this flashing rainbow object it came out very bright on my screen

[shosh77]

it´s not Akturus, it´s Sirius. you can locate him on the left from the 3 Stars in a row in the orion-belt (?). hes flickering red,blue,green....

as i saw him first time i wondered around and done some research, so with the downloaded program Stellarium i figured it out, its Sirius! the only thing im wondering is, why do i not have seen him so much flickering in the past!??

[crazy123beauty5]

i just video taped a similar looking thing.. it just keeps blinking and hasnt moved...

[LotuSLaydee]

@tisturod i saw the same thing a few nights ago and it totally caught me off guard and freaked me out. i was sure it was a ufo... after doing some reading, stars can apparently strobe rainbow colors when they are low int he atmosphere due to atmospheric turbulence or interruption due to temperate/weather/etc... i was kind of disappointed to learn that it most likely wasn't a ufo, but i'm still going to say it was.

[LotuSLaydee]

@tisturod i saw the same thing a few nights ago and it totally caught me off guard and freaked me out. i was sure it was a ufo... after doing some reading, stars can apparently strobe rainbow colors when they are low int he atmosphere due to atmospheric turbulence or interruption due to temperate/weather/etc... i was kind of disappointed to learn that it most likely wasn't a ufo, but i'm still going to say it was.

[rrrdesigner]

this is the star Arcturus I have been tracking it for over a year, I have not found any official reason to why it is getting so active but it is a star called Arcturus not Venus , Sirius or any other it is Arcturus

[minus0472]

venus !!!

[lilkayavincent]

i see this . i am in the uk ,, you can see something int he sky like a planet b4 the sun goes down .. white i thought it was an alien ship.. but when looked when dark then it was glowing as it does in your vidz