Two years ago, before I retired, I was working in Dearborn Mi. I would go outside to smoke (I'm ashamed to say) and I would look toward a bank of evergreen trees that were about one hundred yards away. After staring at them for about a half of a minute, I would see what looked like the finest rain falling very fast and straight down. It was finer that any rain and faster. I lived three miles away and could see it through my picture window with a background of trees or houses. I'm hoping that it wasn't pollution. I moved a hundred miles away and haven't been able to see it again. What was it???
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09-05-02, 01:45 AM
displacedNYer
I would have to venture a guess that it was most likely an optical illusion of some sort.
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09-05-02, 03:22 AM
Andyvmax
What exactly was it you were smoking? wink
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09-05-02, 11:10 AM
LVLF
It may have been a play of light shinning on spider webs that were dotted with sap from the trees.
If it was pollution you would have seen it in more places than just those trees.
Either way it sounds freaky. wink
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09-15-02, 10:24 AM
trueview
I haven't been able to get an answer from any one, including doctors. I think that it is most likely fluid flowing on the inside of the eye ball. Second is, debris flowing in from outer space.

tv
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09-15-02, 09:18 PM
GarColga
Some kind of discharge from insects?
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09-20-02, 01:37 AM
tsaeb
Occasionally, I open my eyes while in my bed and, focusing on the ceiling of my bedroom, I see a herd of closely arranged white dots hurrying downward across the ceiling. I know what you mean.
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11-14-02, 02:03 PM
steve
and I would see pink elephants running through the trees.
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11-14-02, 02:17 PM
Julieta Martinez
I would see that too!!!!! When I was younger I thought I could actually see the air moving. Maybe?
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11-15-02, 05:57 AM
MrSensitive
all these mentioned (other than the pink elephants) are probably elements of phosphenes.

Mr(purple dry rain)Sensitive
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11-18-02, 01:48 PM
cattywampus
Which are?

I think it's more likely that it was simply raining over there. I have often - usually while traveling on the freeway - noticed that an instance of rain will end (wet v. dry pavement) abruptly. If this is happening when the sky above is all blue and cloudless, of course, that's a different thing.

Catty (who is from Washington and therefore an expert on rain) big grin
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02-17-03, 09:15 PM
DvdGStwrt
Try a Serach on Angel Hair. A phenomena which is little understood and often hooked up to UFO sightings.

A general idea is this:

Angel Hair is so named because of its delicate, glittery, and white, hair-like appearance. As with crop circles and cattle mutilations, there is an association with angel hair and UFOs. Although nothing is known about the true origin or purpose of this anomaly, there are consistencies in the sightings. It is either seen floating from the sky or found clinging to trees and structures in such a manner as to make a sky drop obvious. Very few samples have been obtained because the substance literally melts when touched. When handled, it becomes gelatinous, then vaporizes into the air. There is no apparent reason for falls which sometimes cover several square miles.

There are many theories about the source of angel hair, with the bulk of the suspicion going to migrating spiders, mainly due to the spider web-like delicacy. This would not even be reasonable if spiders migrated at low altitudes, due to the immense quantity, and the fact that spiders don't just pump out great quantities of web for no reason. Spider migrations are a high altitude affair for one very good reason, they can't fly. They ride the thermals up into the upper atmosphere and glide along with the prevailing winds. Even if they did produce webs on these migrations the turbulence would be more than sufficient to disperse them. And, of course, how many spider webs turn to goo at the touch?

Another theory has the angel hair being produced in the funnels of tornados through a combination of dust particles and organic materials, high electron current, and high gas velocity. Supposedly this is all spun into threads by centrifugal force of the spinning column of air because charged particles would tend to form long chains of filaments. After falling to the ground, the filaments would lose the electrical charge and disintegrate into fine dust. This is only slightly more palatable than spiders.

Sightings of odd patterns with very specific designs are often reported and strands of angel hair up to 50 feet long have been found. Another odd characteristic is that angel hair is as volatile as cellophane when exposed to a flame. Scientific analysis has concluded that angel hair begins to degrade when exposed to oxygen. The structure contains silicon, magnesium, calcium, and boron.

A most interesting report of tiny filaments discovered on clothing, which brightly fluoresced under a black light, suggested phosphorus or barium titanate microfilaments or polymers possibly emanating from persistent contrails or other atmospheric source.

There is no reasonable means of determining the true number of Angel Hair drops because of the almost natural appearance of the phenomenon. Surely it is even less reported than UFO sightings, which it is estimated are only reported 1% of the time.

David

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