> the image. However, if either of these were a re-entering satellite, I > would have expected it to traverse a much greater distance of sky (if > not the entire sky) during the period. As it is, my guess is that > neither moved more than 30 degrees at most, and possibly much less. > ... > I am convinced that the second object is an aircraft condensation trail > which is shining brightly via forward scattering as it is viewed in the > western sky above the Sun. The Sun itself is hidden behind a building I reported an event which looked very similar to this, a few months ago. I did not witness it first-hand, but I saw the video shown on Swedish TV, and an astronomer explained it as an Earth-skimming meteor. A few days later, one of the serious UFO organizations in Sweden had obtained radar recordings from flight controllers, and determined it was an aircraft. The video was very convincing, though. -- bjorn.gimle@tietotech.se (office) -- -- b_gimle@algonet.se (home) http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle -- -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA, 59.2576 N, 18.6172 E, 23 m -- -- COSPAR 5918, HAMMARBY, 59.2985 N, 18.1045 E, 44 m -- -- SeeSat-L / Visual Satellite Observer Home Page found at -- -- http://www2.satellite.eu.org/satintro.html -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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