UFO, or gravitational lensing?

Question

When I was a boy at summer camp, around 1971 or 1972, I saw something odd in the stars. I was observing Orion, and saw a green, star-like object pass between the first two stars of Orion's belt. The strange thing was that it appeared to make several sharp, right-angle turns! Then it vanished. Was this just a meteorite, or was it an illusion caused by "gravitational lensing," light bent around the star that may have distorted the image.

Answer 1

There are things that happen on earth that appear to be happening in space or in the atomsphere, and sometimes they are! - but most of the time - they are just optical illustions or faints of the eye.

How tired were you? What had you been looking at before that - not a roaring fire I hope. It is possible that you may have thought you'd seen something, that really wasn't there.

I had a similar experience with a friend - we both saw something - the details change a little depending on who you talk to - but we both saw something, but what was it, a UFO - doubtful -

You are talking about an event near a star 800 light years away!
how likely is it that you could see such a large event such as this if it we "Alien induced" - it would have to be on the order of stellar proportions to even be seen!

If it was an event in the upper atmosphere is would glow red not green - unless you were very far north or south - which could explain a lot of things.

Answer 2

gravitational lensing could not have produced that effect - right angles are not possible. it was probly an x-ray sattellite's rays reflecting of interstellar dust in the form of light. the path would be possible also by a ground observation tower, but that is unlikely near orion, where a more powerful space telescope is required.

Answer 3

It's definitely not gravitational lensing. You wouldn't see any movement. Could have simply been a plane.