Are you ready for the “Mars Spectacular” this summer?
On Aug. 27 Mars will come closer to the earth than it has in the past 60,000 years, appearing as large as the full moon. What a sight.
NOT!
It’s a hoax that has been circulated by e-mail every year since 2003.
As www.space.com notes, the problem is that Aug. 27 was in 2003 when Mars made a historically close pass to earth. But it was still 34.6 million miles away and appeared as nothing more than a very bright star.
So now you can amaze your friends with a little truth about the night sky.

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I also understand that some of this stuff is military stuff but these were dull orb shaped objects illuminated by the reflected lights from the city of Victoria. The two that were following were sort of changing position while in flight! This happened around 9:37 on May 26th!
June 5, 2009 at 8:07 p.m.I was going to say David ... I've heard this story before.
June 5, 2009 at 7:53 p.m.I happened to go outside to look up in the sky and I noticed a twinkling star or planet low in the horizon on the northwest side of Victoria. I didn't find that unusual but while I was looking up I notice 3 objects flying over Victoria. It was one object followed by the other 2. The unusual thing is that they had no lights or illumination nor were they shaped like anything. They were headed south in a determined fashion! I don't know what they were! There's nothing to describe! I did file a report with Mufon!
June 5, 2009 at 7:50 p.m.I have always been interested in astronomy! I have looked at Mars and Jupiter through my binoculars! This was not Venus either! All I know is that I saw something strange over Victoria! Maybe a better description would be that they were shaped like orbs! You'd have to see one yourself and I believe if anyone looks up when it's nice and dark you might spot something yourself!
I've been looking since I was a kid and this is my first one!
Archie, I didn't see anything unusual nor did I hear of anyone else who did. Why don't you provide more details in case someone else saw the same thing. What did they look like? What time of day?
June 5, 2009 at 3:38 p.m.I've saw some objects over Victoria on May 26, 2009! Did anyone else see what I saw? this is the first blog that allows me to even ask if anyone else saw the objects!
June 5, 2009 at 1:51 p.m.