*Extremely* bright objects in the sky this morning?

Factual Questions
1

This morning I was driving north through New York on my way to New Hampshire. I noticed what I thought was two planes heading for Newark airport - I could see no stars in the sky, and two extremely bright object. The dimmer object was ‘above and right’ of the brighter.

But, as it turns out, they weren’t planes - they were visible in the south east from about 4 AM through sunrise. What were they?

2

Possibly Mars and Venus. See: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/features/story.jsp?story=580083

3

Note, it’s really Jupiter and Venus, as per the link.

4

There’s a picture of the two planets at the bottom of today’s SpaceWeather page.

5

Definitely planets. Or maybe swamp gas. Not ICBMs at all. Not even a little bit.

6

Saw them over DC this morning too and didn’t know what they were. I decided they were alien mind probes and got on with my day, but it’s nice to know what they actually were.

7

Hmmm…first we have an election, then a bright star in the east…coincidence?

8

Do you recall any probing experiments by extraterrestrials? How about being abducted? No?

Good. The memory-erasing implant works. Now to report this success to Zoxlag of Sector 328974.

Wrzag, Commander of Terran Sector Experiments

9

This just in: Glowing ball in sky scares natives in Sector R. And there’s hamburger all over the highway in Mystic, Connecticut.

10

In that case, they’re definitely swamp gas.

11

actually the lights were Karg and Tharg going home after winning the presidential election (again)

12

Jupiter and Venus…lovely, aren’t they?
Here in Indiana, the show is supposed to be even better on Tuesday morning, apparently. I can’t remember specifics, except that the sliver of moon should appear to be closer to them than usual.
Gotta love a job that invites you to look at the sky at 4:00 a.m. every day!
Best,
karol

13

Glad someone else mentioned it, because I saw them this morning on my way out to my car. Damned alarm was going off at 5:15 am, and I wasn’t in the mood to enjoy the wonders of the universe. But I did note that there were two extremely bright stars up there as I shuffled back into the house.

So if it was swamp gas, and it’s being seen both from New England and the Southwest, then somebody’s swamp has a gas problem of apocolyptic proportions. :eek:

14

A lovely picture from a reputable site.

15

It’s Kang and Kodos. Please get the names of our rulers correct.

Don’t blame me - I voted for Kodos!