I saw a UFO last weekend. I couldn't identify it, anyway. I was camping along the Rio Grande

in Big Bend, sleeping out on the ground in Boquillas Canyon. Once, at onset of night, I looked up in time to catch what seemed like a moderately bright star just...."turn off." Winked out of existence. I chalked it up to a combo of bourbon and cigar. But then I saw it again a few hours later. Admittedly this second time I was without my glasses, but OTOH this makes its brightness and definition notable. It was the size, intensity, and color of a bright star, nothing huge, and seemingly far away. It blinked rhythmically three times, once per second, then disappeared again.

It couldn't have been a plane - not the right color and with no reason to "disappear." Certainly closer in color and character to a bright satellite, which is my best guess, but again I can't figure out what the blinking and quite brief visibility was about. Maybe a satellite taking pictures? With a flash camera....of Big Bend....at night?

Not saying it was aliens, but....

Follow Ups:

• Ahhhh... Big Bend. Some nice hiking and camping there imo. Was it crowded or sparse? - asante [09:49:57 05/06/24]
  • And yeah, that place is one of my favorite spots on earth * - Mr.C [10:42:59 05/06/24]
  • Quite sparse, at least in the part of the park we were in. Saw maybe 6-7 people and a survey team - Mr.C [10:27:18 05/06/24]
    • Yeah, it was nice and sparse when I was there. - asante [11:11:41 05/06/24]
      • Watching a tornado from Big Bend - talk about surreal * - Mr.C [12:32:19 05/06/24]
• I wonder if it could've been Starlink satellites. They orbit in linear groups and it could've been a few in a row in a - sdrawkcabevad [19:16:07 05/05/24]
  • Funny enough, we did see those on my Big Bend trip last year (and once in Austin). This wasn't that, but - Mr.C [19:26:09 05/05/24]
• Hmmm...maybe a drone. Anybody have a good reason to spy on you? - TheTalisman [16:51:32 05/05/24]
  • I can't rule it out. Those paparazzi are everywhere * - Mr.C [16:53:52 05/05/24]
    • I know…it’s such a pain. * - TheTalisman [17:32:14 05/05/24]