[Jnana]

Hi SteveMick, thanks for sharing that sighting. It's very interesting to me to hear that other people have seen something similar to what I have seen. I know someone else who has described a ring of lights around a bright light. I didn't see that, but I have seen a similar "twin of Jupiter". I've posted this in another thread but I'll repeat it here as well:

Sunday, September 13, 2009 8:30 PM

It was dusk, not fully dark. Looking to the SSW I saw a light the same brightness as Jupiter hanging motionless in the sky for several minutes. It looked like a twin of Jupiter. With binoculars, it looked like a disk of similar size. This light was within 20 degrees of the horizon, below and to the right of Jupiter which was also visible. The light very gradually dimmed over a minute or two without moving. The light then moved slowly upwards and then it started to show standard aviation flashing lights. These lights were definitely not visible before, even when the main light was quite dim. The craft passed directly over me at Indy landing approach altitude but there was no jet noise associated with it. It should have been easily audible. I continued watching the craft through binoculars until it was no longer visible in the north.