Bledsoe Orb at the Bigfoot Festival - Chinese Space Station

[flarkey]

Chris Bledsoe posted this video on Twitter & Instagram a few months ago. He claims that it was an orb seen by many people (170) at the Sandford Bigfoot Festival on 9 November 2024 in Sandford NC.


Source: https://x.com/chrisbledsoeufo/status/1867319649983246821

In-the-sky.org shows that there was a pass of the Chinese Space Station pass at 6.35pm....

Sitrec confirms that the position of the stars match at 6.35pm as it starts to move through Pegasus.

Sitrec Permalink: https://www.metabunk.org/sitrec/?cu...s.com/15857/BledsoeBigFoot/20250617_085538.js

 

[flarkey]

***Breaking News***

Chris Bledsoe has blocked me on Instagram

 

[jarlrmai]

Question, given the potential issues of

Timings
Cloudy skies
Number/frequency of passes
Good pass visibility (brighter objects)

How likely is it that Bledsoe is

1. Deliberately timing events where a pass from a bright object (plane/satellite) is going to happen based on prediction data.
2. Just knowing that it's very likely "something will show up" because there loads every night so you can just rely on it, but knows they are satellites.
3. Just has no idea about satellites etc and it's just dumb luck based on just seeing stuff because he spends time looking for it.

Do we ever hear about Bledsoe events where nothing is seen and it's not weather related?

 

[FatPhil]

Chris Bledsoe posted this video on Twitter & Instagram a few months ago. He claims that it was an orb seen by many people (170) at the Sandford Bigfoot Festival on 9 November 2024 in Sandford NC.

So how many credible independent witness does that amount to?

 

[Mendel]

So how many credible independent witness does that amount to?

If 170 witnesses saw an orb and 20 witnesses saw the Chinese space station (but no orb), what would that tell us?

 

[FatPhil]

If 170 witnesses saw an orb and 20 witnesses saw the Chinese space station (but no orb), what would that tell us?

That 190 people saw the CSS.

 

[NorCal Dave]

How is anyone going to see Bigfoot if they're farting abound looking at UFOs with Bledsoe?! And what's Bledsoe doing at a Bigfoot conference? Come to think of it, doesn't God tell Bledsoe where these angelic UFOs are going to appear? Isn't that the shtick? IF God can tell him where UFOs are, shouldn't the Almighty be able to tell him where Bigfoot is?

This should have been a 2fer. Pay one price for 2 experiences. See UFOs and the Big Guy with Chris Bledsoe. Beer included:

 

[elvenwear]

Question, given the potential issues of

Timings
Cloudy skies
Number/frequency of passes
Good pass visibility (brighter objects)

How likely is it that Bledsoe is

1. Deliberately timing events where a pass from a bright object (plane/satellite) is going to happen based on prediction data.
2. Just knowing that it's very likely "something will show up" because there loads every night so you can just rely on it, but knows they are satellites.
3. Just has no idea about satellites etc and it's just dumb luck based on just seeing stuff because he spends time looking for it.

Do we ever hear about Bledsoe events where nothing is seen and it's not weather related?

I had a quick look at Chris's upcoming events on instagram. Note: if you're checking the links you will need to skip ahead to the correct date range.

Spoiler: Chris's upcoming events

Source:
Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DLBfuKkgfeB/?hl=en
(sorry flarkey).

Spoiler: No ISS in Charlottesville, VA 1-3 August 2025.

Source https://heavens-above.com/PassSumma...lng=-78.4767&loc=Charlottesville&alt=0&tz=EST

Spoiler: No ISS in Wilmington, NC 4-9 August 2025.

Source: https://heavens-above.com/PassSumma...2257&lng=-77.9447&loc=Wilmington&alt=0&tz=EST

Spoiler: ISS appears in Northwoods,WI 25-28 August 2025, but before sunrise.

Source: https://heavens-above.com/PassSumma....007&lng=-89.4744&loc=Northwoods&alt=0&tz=CST

Spoiler: No ISS in Charlottesville, VA 4-5 October 2025.

Source: https://heavens-above.com/PassSumma...lng=-78.4767&loc=Charlottesville&alt=0&tz=EST

Spoiler: ISS appears in Washington, DC between 14-18 December 2025, but all sightings are before dawn

https://heavens-above.com/PassSumma....895&lng=-77.0365&loc=Washington&alt=0&tz=EST

If I was wanting a satellite in the eastern United States (where there's a fair bit of light pollution), I'd want the ISS at dusk not dawn since it's the brightest satellite and people typically don't get up early in the morning to look at the sky. Looking at the details above, I'd call that a 0% hit rate. I am now wondering if that is actually worse than chance.

Not sure about planes, but I'm sure someone here will have a good opinion on that topic.

 

[JMartJr]

I suppose I might try to avoid the ISS, as it is the easiest, most obvious, thing in orbit to recognize and debunk.

 

[jarlrmai]

Planes you can do by looking to see if there is approach path nearby and then just estimating an arrival time on the night looking at FR24

Would just repeatedly using the ISS too obvious for events?

I'm leaning more to "on average he knows something will probably turn up and if it doesn't then it's just one of those things, come to the next one.

 

[elvenwear]

Planes you can do by looking to see if there is approach path nearby and then just estimating an arrival time on the night looking at FR24

Would just repeatedly using the ISS too obvious for events?

I'm leaning more to "on average he knows something will probably turn up and if it doesn't then it's just one of those things, come to the next one.

I think 90% of what they go to these events for is for him to tell a story. In a way, if a UFO turned up to every event, it would make him seem more special, so perhaps what flarkey suggested above is true, from a certain point of view.

 

[jarlrmai]

It does seem most likely Obi-wan, my question was more based on what seems like a slight step up in level with the timed prediction of the plane in this thread

https://www.metabunk.org/threads/co...ng-under-the-stars-orange-orb-sighting.14270/

And then there also being a bright orb (a bright satellite flare) at another event.

 

[flarkey]

The other object he seems to have videoed a few times is the Chinese Space Station.

 

[jarlrmai]

The other object he seems to have videoed a few times is the Chinese Space Station.

I think that astronomer that posts of Reddit found it was the CSS a few times.

 

[flarkey]

I think that astronomer that posts of Reddit found it was the CSS a few times.

I confirmed it in this thread:
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/bledsoe-orb-at-the-bigfoot-festival-chinese-space-station.14287/

And I think this is the CSS too, although the stars in the background are hard to verify 100%....

https://www.metabunk.org/sitrec/?cu...15857/BledsoeFriendInStorm/20250701_131850.js

 

[jarlrmai]

Yeah there were a few prior ones I think from his "home videos"

 

[Mick West]

Planes you can do by looking to see if there is approach path nearby and then just estimating an arrival time on the night looking at FR24

Would just repeatedly using the ISS too obvious for events?

I'm leaning more to "on average he knows something will probably turn up and if it doesn't then it's just one of those things, come to the next one.

I think it would be rather fiddly to arrange for things other than the ISS. Not impossible, and maybe easier if you do it a lot.

I think more likely it's simply the natural time for people to want to do skywatching is not too late. Who is going to go to an event that's at 1 in the morning? Who wants to be outside when it's freezing cold.

So we get event schedules for the earliest viewing time, like an hour after sunset. Which also just so happens to be the ideal time to see satellites and planes,

An actual investigation of orbs would be carried out when the sun is as far away as possible and when there's minimal air traffic, like 3AM in winter. Even then, there will always be a few planes - but easier to deconflict. There should be (I think) no visible satellites.

 

[Mick West]

Mid-december air traffic. 10PM vs 3AM

 

[Ann K]

Who is going to go to an event that's at 1 in the morning? Who wants to be outside when it's freezing cold.

Been there. Done that. I remember lying outside on the patio at 0°F, because for non-desert-dwellers, the sky was the clearest I was likely to see here. I then decided that astronomy was not for me...

 

[elvenwear]

Been there. Done that. I remember lying outside on the patio at 0°F, because for non-desert-dwellers, the sky was the clearest I was likely to see here. I then decided that astronomy was not for me...

If you don't have a freezer suit, it can be tough.

 

[Ann K]

If you don't have a freezer suit, it can be tough.

I live in Ohio. We ALL have heavy winter wear.

 

[John J.]

I think more likely it's simply the natural time for people to want to do skywatching is not too late. Who is going to go to an event that's at 1 in the morning? Who wants to be outside when it's freezing cold.

Been there. Done that. I remember lying outside on the patio at 0°F, because for non-desert-dwellers, the sky was the clearest I was likely to see here. I then decided that astronomy was not for me...

This might be one of the clues to Mr Bledsoe's "successes"- many of us don't have much experience of spending significant time outside late at night/ early morning, looking at the sky. Light pollution allowing, it isn't uncommon to spot what might be the occasional distant aircraft, satellite or space station.
How people choose to interpret a small lightsource crossing the sky must play a much larger role in reports of orbs (as a supposed objective phenomenon) than the actual physical causes of these sightings do.