I can say with complete and utter certainty, I've seen big and small stars just moving for miles across the sky, at fast or medium speeds, i seen them suddenly shoot off into big white streaks a couple of times. I know what I saw. I was practically glued to the sky each winter night last year and earlier this year, watching them move as closely as i could. No one else cared enough to watch the sky, no matter how interesting it was. > obviously the earths rotation yeah sure ok. No, I saw stars going in criss cross paths wherever they wanted. up, down, diagonal, left, right, wherever they were headed off to, to do whatever stars do.