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balloons, drones, ufos it's always some weird distraction
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something like 70% of "ufo" sightings are people just looking at the moon
the sky is vast space with no points of reference. it is very difficult to see how close or far something is or how big or small it is. it can appear to move in strange ways because you are mving your head "or camera" and it seems to follow you. add in some atmospheric effects and haze and a little bit of imagination and people get themselves worked up
Whenever I look at the stars I get a really strong feeling that they're moving. I know it's an optical illusion but that doesn't mean I don't see it.
the stars in the sky "are" moving:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_kinematics
so maybe you just dont believe to have eyes that good (and likely you are right with that disbelieve) but they are moving!