Finally posting my observation of an excellent Mir pass. Had an near zenith pass of Mir on 04:53 June 16/96 UT. QuickSat predicted a phase angle of 64 degrees and a range of 417 km. at my selected obs. point along Mir's track. Observed this point from 04:42 to 04:54 (11 minutes before Mir to 1 minute after) with 10x50 binoculars. Observed 30 pieces preceding Mir and 1 following. None seen in the same field of view as Mir, although several were observed as two and one was seen as three objects in the same field of view. Most appeared steady, some were flashing. I estimated most of the magnitudes in the 6.5 to 7.5 range. The brightest was probably 5.0 to 5.5 Questions: I suppose I and many others are curious about the nature of this debris. It certainly looks like there is an association with the debris and EVA activity. Both the EVA's of June 06 and 16th were followed by debris sightings close to Mir. Looking back at my notes, debris sightings from others back in Oct. '95 appear to have followed EVA activity then. Is this a somewhat regular occurrence? Back in Oct. 95 someone commented that the Soviets do "dump trash" every so often. The recent abundance of debris seems to indicate that this is more than just dumping trash. If we could expect debris sightings to accompany EVA activty, is there a schedule of planned EVA's for the Mir crew? Anyone finding out more on this please post to SeeSat. Thanks and clear skies.....Bill e-mail: bkrosney@richgreen.com (work) bkrosney@mbnet.mb.ca (home)