Entity flying in low orbit on the moon

[Kiershar]

Following reports from other player, I set out to scout the moon and found the object people were talking about. In prograde orbit at 100km above the equator, I spotted the object flying at similar speed below, exactly as the other accounts of the sightings. I quicksaved and proceeded to do tests :

-Every time i approached it closer than 65km, it disappeared.

-If I let it fly, it goes for a while and then land at 7S 140W. Approaching it closer than 65k causes it to disappear and there is nothing where it landed...

Is it a glitch or something of importance?

[Nibb31]

Sounds like a debris from a previous flight.

How did you measure the distance of 65km ?

[Kosmo-not]

Post the persistence file

[Kiershar]

Sounds like a debris from a previous flight.

How did you measure the distance of 65km ?

Definitely not a debris. I work very hard to design my crafts and pilot them so no debris are flying around, ever. Including for trips to jool.

I measured the distance by reloading multiple times and then burning like a madman in the general direction of the UFO. It's flying very close to ground level from my perspective so i just noted the altitude.

Here's the save and stuff, not sure how it works so i zipped the whole folder. If you check it out, select ScoutLander mk3, the last flight from the radar station; the object is directly below.

Edited October 9, 2012 by Kiershar

[wired2thenet]

Are you talking about that graphical pixel flicker? If so, that's the Munar Arch

[Kiershar]

Are you talking about that graphical pixel flicker? If so, that's the Munar Arch

There's one arch nearby in the save but it's not that. I chased it around the moon for at least a third of the circumference before it landed.

[wired2thenet]

So did I ... I double-checked the map, and that's where it is. I'm 99% confident that little pixel flicker is the arch. After you get inside or outside a certain distance, the flicker goes away (or appears to land). I ran three orbits to be certain, noting the location each time. Coincides exactly with the arch.

Note that if it was a flying object, it would be going faster than you as it would be on a lower orbital altitude. Yet you overrun it each time. That tells me it's a ground-based object.

I'll run it again a couple of times and try to take some video of it.

[Kiershar]

So did I ... I double-checked the map, and that's where it is. I'm 99% confident that little pixel flicker is the arch. After you get inside or outside a certain distance, the flicker goes away (or appears to land). I ran three orbits to be certain, noting the location each time. Coincides exactly with the arch.

Note that if it was a flying object, it would be going faster than you as it would be on a lower orbital altitude. Yet you overrun it each time. That tells me it's a ground-based object.

I'll run it again a couple of times and try to take some video of it.

When i chased it it seemed to be directly below me at first, going slightly faster. Chase started a bit before the edge of the dark side. While chasing in the dark side it seemed like it was getting away until about 3/4 into the dark side it stopped/landed and i proceeded to retroburn. Overshot the landing zone by a little but the object was firmly below me when i took its coordinate. While losing altitude and killing lateral velocity the object disappeared.

[henryrasia]

Screenshots?

[Vanamonde]

What did it look like? You know, there are occasional graphics glitches in which a pixel or two twinkles, sometimes at a stationary point on a planet, and sometimes it appears to move across the surface.

[Kiershar]

What did it look like? You know, there are occasional graphics glitches in which a pixel or two twinkles, sometimes at a stationary point on a planet, and sometimes it appears to move across the surface.

Looked like a cluster of glittering pixels, like when you are scrolling far away from your ship.

[wired2thenet]

Okay, just did 4 orbits (starting with a fresh copy of the persistence file). Each orbit, I was at the same altitude, and observed the flickering object in the same place each time. On the final orbit, I started video capture, marked the anomaly within the video, and then lowered my orbit to 10k. When I passed that location for the fourth time, the arch was clearly visible in the exact same spot.

Video is rendering now, and will upload it to youtube shortly.

*Edit* Youtube is currently processing the video. It should be available shortly.

Notes: I changed the brightness/contrast a bit so the Munar surface would be more apparent, as well as the location of the anomaly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2jIje6czDQ

Edited October 9, 2012 by wired2thenet

[Kiershar]

Okay, just did 4 orbits (starting with a fresh copy of the persistence file). Each orbit, I was at the same altitude, and observed the flickering object in the same place each time. On the final orbit, I started video capture, marked the anomaly within the video, and then lowered my orbit to 10k. When I passed that location for the fourth time, the arch was clearly visible in the exact same spot.

Video is rendering now, and will upload it to youtube shortly.

*Edit* Youtube is currently processing the video. It should be available shortly.

Notes: I changed the brightness/contrast a bit so the Munar surface would be more apparent, as well as the location of the anomaly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2jIje6czDQ

You were tracking the wrong object. Like i said, there's a visible arch but the moving object is -directly- below when you load the persistence.

[Nicholas4132]

I think I know what this is based on other reports, but i don't want to say what, as it would ruin the MAAAGIC.

[Kiershar]

I think I know what this is based on other reports, but i don't want to say what, as it would ruin the MAAAGIC.

That's what I'm suspecting too, but i guess the odds are very slim. I'm starting to think its something else entirely, but likely just a glitch.

Edited October 10, 2012 by Kiershar

[RadiationKing]

I am almost certain this is a glitch with the arches and maybe the memorial (although that might not be big enough - don't know I haven't found it yet). I have seen this at least twice and once where two were visible at the same time. I think it's related to the whole sun illuminating your craft through planets thing but with the arches.

[wired2thenet]

You were tracking the wrong object. Like i said, there's a visible arch but the moving object is -directly- below when you load the persistence.

If that's the case, then I'm seeing NOTHING below the craft at all. No flickering pixels or anything.