dba_afish said:
...there's just a giant fucking glowing blue light illuminating a patch of the overcast sky with no apparent source.

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as I'm writing this, I've made my way several miles northwest and am now situated, as far as I can tell, directly under the glowing patch of sky.

there is still no fully determinable terrestrial source.

Might be a case of a space jellyfish phenomena from a recent rocket launch?

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1972484348550275559

Jonathan McDowell (great astronomy scientist!)
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LAUNCH at 0204 UTC Sep 29 of Starlink Group 11-20 from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

SphericalZabaione said:
Might be a case of a space jellyfish phenomena from a recent rocket launch?
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it was lasting kinda long for it to have been any brief phenomenon like that, it was an hour or so from initially spotting it, then returning home, and then driving over to try to figure out the source.

also, I don't think the paralax would make sense for it to be anything like that. I was able to go from seeing it about ~30° above the horizon to directly overhead in a matter of a couple miles. (although, I guess that was just the cloud layer reflecting/refracting the light from... wherever)