Reasonable explanation for lights in the sky?

[JayR]

Hello all, I have a question which I figured might be best answered or explained here. I know someone who claims that they saw a bona fide UFO...well actually, two bona fide UFOs.
Here's the story.....he says he woke up in the middle of the night because he had to pee. He was camping at a popular local lake where there any many people currently campling. He says he just happened to look at the sky and he noticed "two star like objects racing towards each other at a very high speed". Then "after reaching each other, they shot off in their opposite directions". He claims the event lasted 4 seconds only and he somehow 'knows' that the objects went out into space. Some more non-specific information was that one object was travelling west and the other was travelling east. Upon reaching one another, each abruptly changed course, one now south bound and the other north bound.
I went to the Heavens-above website and put in the information for the area and this person isn't certain which day it was nor the exact time. I am speculating that they saw satellites in the sky and as they were likely half asleep, didn't process what they saw accurately.
Can anyone speculate as to what they think he saw based on his rather non-specific description?

[AndrewJ]

Bits of ice in the atmosphere?

Aeroplanes can look inexplicable at night if they fly toward you then tip their wings.

I once thought I was looking at the Northern Lights until I realised that the neighbours were playing with a spot light.

[JayR]

The problem is that he is so sure he saw alien spacecraft that he will not consider anything else unless it was something easily explained. This isn't the first time he has done this and usually cannot describe what he sees very well. He makes all sorts of claims regarding how high and fast these things move that it is obvious he doesn't understand perception and paredolia.

[sohh_fly]

.... speculating that they saw satellites in the sky and as they were likely half asleep, didn't process what they saw accurately.
Can anyone speculate as to what they think he saw based on his rather non-specific description?

probably,most likely that.

And I'm surprised,He actually understood what he was seeing,and didn't wake up instantly.

What did he do after that...go back to bed immediately?

[sohh_fly]

... He makes all sorts of claims regarding how high and fast these things move that it is obvious he doesn't understand perception and paredolia.

to say the least.

why don't you press for fact's?
if none can be provided,then....well thats upto you as how to proceed.
but that won't fly a dastardly lie around here.
but i would dismiss his claim without something to go on.