Mom, I need a flowchart.
Sorry honey, we’re all out, but I think there’s a btree in the pantry.
They’re missing a lot of items here like missiles, ufos, and wind mills.
swamp gas
Comets don’t move I guess
I think that’s fair. Comets don’t appear to move across the sky unless you’re observing for a long time…and anyone observing for that long needs a more complex diagram.
One important one: is it more than an hour or so after sundown, or less than an hour or so before sunup? If so, it’s not a satellite, and is probably a plane.
first time ive encountered “bolide”
Are there 3-4 in a row? Starlink sattelites.
Or iridium flares
So what if it is the ISS but nobody is waving? How are we supposed to know?
Then it’s an artificial satellite. And, tbh, isn’t the ISS just a specific, very large artificial satellite?
Where does gamma ray burst fit into this binary tree?
“Do you have a neutrino detector?” Yes/No
If it’s foggy it can also be reflections from ground-based stuff
Well that settles that then.