Re: mystery flare,21/05

From: Patrick JL (patricjl@club-internet.fr)
Date: Wed May 23 2001 - 02:47:38 PDT

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So, in a desperate effort to enter all things in a known box, the observer
of a mystery object able to reverse its direction, is suggested to be so
confused that he has "imagined" it and probably saw a fast moving planet as
Saturn !

Be open-minded.

Patrick, Paris, France

----- Message d'origine -----
De : "Jonathan T Wojack" <tlj18@juno.com>
À : <SeeSat-L@blackadder.lmsal.com>
Envoyé : mardi 22 mai 2001 22:14
Objet : Re: mystery flare,21/05


> > Observing from Paignton,UK,lat.50.43N long.03.55W on evening of 21st
> > May,whilst looking for R Hya,at 23:28-23:30 BST(22:28-22:30 UST) I
> > saw an
> > object of approximate mag.3.0 falling rapidly to the Southern
> > horizon.At
> > about alt.30deg it reversed direction and began heading
> > Northwards.At about
> > alt.70deg az.SW it flared to at least mag.-1 and continued
> > Northwards.
> > Did anyone else see this,and what was it?
>
> I obviously didn't see it, but it couldn't have been a satellite.
> Satellites can't change direction in such a radical fashion, and neither
> can most airplanes.  Are you sure that didn't get disoriented and only
> *imagine* that it changed directions?  I've mistaken Saturn for Rigel in
> the past, so maybe a similar thing happened to you.
>
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> Jonathan T. Wojack                 tlj18@juno.com
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