Re: I saw a plane or ufo???? observation

gr@gr5.org

I think you saw one of these lantern things.  They are becoming more popular 
the world over:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcGP0hdq13w

- George Roberts
http://gr5.org

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From: "Michael Boschat" <aa063@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 8:56 PM
To: "Observers, Satellite" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>
Subject: I saw a plane or ufo???? observation

> Hi all:
>
>  Yeahhhhhhhhh..... this is interesting. I had my 6" Maksutov out to look
> at the Moon and was working at 60x. Now the weird part. I looked up and 
> saw a
> red light which I thought was a satellite moving just a bit slower than 
> ISS
> passes. What caught my attention was that there were NO green or white
> flashing
> lights, the red light was steady. I tried following the object with the 
> Mak.
> and saw no green or white flashing lights, the red "light" was steady
> and it was
> like a comet and coma, a point source with 2 faint reddish jets to
> either side.
> Now, I did have to focus the scope and the object just missed passing over 
> the
> Moon near 2356 UT by about 1/4 degree. I just could see a silouette of
> the object but not get a real good determination as to shape.
>
>  But, I'm just puzzled that there was no normal aircraft lights noted.
>
> Date: August 21/22
>
> Time: 2355-2359 UT
>
> Place: Halifax,Nova Scotia
>
> Lat: N44d 39'
>
> Long: W63d 36'
>
> Object first seen overhead just pass Vega. It color was red and no
> other aircraft lights seen,no sound either. Estimated mag naked eye
> close to Vega (0 Mv).Missed Moon near 2356 UT. In scope it was just a 
> steady
> reddish point of light and probaly cast it's glow as there were 2
> faint reddish
> jet like protuberances on each side. It faded out about 3-5 degrees below 
> the
> Moon. Speed was a little less than ISS passes. And I had to re-focus on it
> so the Moon *was* out-of-focus.
>
>  My unusal observation... I guess...I'll assume it *was a plane but not to 
> see
> the regular FLASHING red,green,white is what caught my eye.
>
>  Any ideas?
>
>
>
> Clear skies
> ----------
> Michael Boschat
> Halifax Center - Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
> Astronomy page:  http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~aa063
>
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