In order to understand what we are seeing up in the sky, we have to look down at its reflection.

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Look straight up, allowing your eyes to take in as much of the sky as possible.

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So Starkweather fired a laser through the air between the two buildings, an improvised communications system that meant that, if you were driving down the Foothill Expressway on a foggy night and happened to look up, you might see a mysterious red beam streaking across the sky.

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