Re[2]: Mystery streak
BLamph@mercury.ligand.com
Wed, 27 Mar 96 18:05:06 PST
I was surprised at the posting of this mystery streak. I live in San
Diego, California and was out looking at the comet from in front of my
house on Sunday March 24 between 10 and 11 pm. I also saw what others
have named the mystery streak.
To me it initially appeared as 3 separate rather translucent glowing
objects traveling parallel to one another in a northerly direction.
They were brighter than the comet. The path was as others have
described as between directly over head and the Big Dipper. They
appeared to leave somewhat of a trail. I did not get the impression
that these were satellites. These were extended objects not point
sources. The 3 blobs were initially flying in formation in a
triangular pattern that broke down as the objects got further north.
After a few moments the objects seemed to move around relative to one
another as they moved northward then moved closer to one another and
eventually fused into what appeared to be a single object. The
object/objects faded out of sight after they passed Polaris.
I have never seen anything like this before, but I would like to see
it again.
Bill Lamph
wlamph@ligand.com