Sunday morning, 16 Nov 1997, I observed 3 one-power Iridium flares in less than four minutes; two were from the most recent launch. (Until about 36 hours beforehand, we had predictions for *six* in an even smaller time span -- but it was not to be. Three of the them were moved a lot and ended up going 3 or 4 degrees farther west.) I didn't drive far enough for any of these to reach "whopper" magnitude, and I didn't get a good fix on maximum magnitudes; maybe about -1, 0, +1 (or one magnitude fainter?). I'm not sure what report format is being used now, if any. Time is UTC. Duration is for one-power observability (with the Moon nearly full). 11:46:38, Iridium 38, at least 30 seconds (missed the beginning) 11:48:03, Iridium 40, at least 38 seconds 11:50:12, Iridium 17, at least 32 seconds Observed from Mt. Bonnell, Austin, Texas -- 30.321, -97.773, 275m. By the way, I believe these are the correct designations for the newest ones (including a "Year 2000" version of COSPAR): NORAD COSPAR Common Nam COSPAR2K ----- ------ ---------- -------- 25039 97069A Iridium 43 1997069A 25040 97069B Iridium 41 1997069B 25041 97069C Iridium 40 1997069C 25042 97069D Iridium 39 1997069D 25043 97069E Iridium 38 1997069E Ed Cannon ecannon@mail.utexas.edu Austin, Texas, USA