So we were in Playa del Carmen last week. Wednesday through Friday night around 11:00pm, we saw some flickering lights in the sky - stationary, but flickering from green to violet to red. Different flickering than stars. At one point, I saw about 7 of them.
The brightest (closest?) one was due east, over the Caribbean Ocean. Google sky didn't show a star in that spot in the sky, and it was along the path of the sun. As the night progressed, the lights appeared higher in the sky - which would indicate they were stars. But the pictures I took don't look like any star...
You can barely see the red huge of the image in this picture:
Pics were taken with a Nikon D3200 with a 200mm lens - some on a tripod and some hand-held. Images were cropped - but no other digital alterations were made. All of the pictures below are of the same flashing image in the sky.
This one you can see a violet / blue "V" shape. Could the "V" be caused by camera shake? Maybe, but see the next pic below.
This is the most bizarre of the shots -- three colors (green - purple - violet). Again that distinct "V" shape.
More of a "W" / sin wave shape seen here - with the changing colors / flashing, would this indicate the object had some type of wobbling rotation like our planet's rotation?
Could be a man-made satellite - but I don't believe they are close enough for me to capture such images with a 200mm lens. And as I said - I don't think stars look like that either. The object was over the ocean - and it was about 30-40 degrees up from my vantage point on the shore.
Anyone have a clue as to what this could be? Anyone ever see such a phenomenon?
-Z-man