?????????????????????????TWO WEEKS AGO I ISSUED THE MESSAGE BELOW ABOUT AN OBJECT WHICH APPEARED TO BURN UP OVER N.W.ENGLAND. THIS MORNING I CAUGHT AN E.B.U. NEWSFEED OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE SAME OBJECT CAUGHT ON VIDEO DURING A BASEBALL GAME IN THE USA.COULD IT BE THAT THIS OBJECT IS IN FACT IN ORBIT AROUND THE EARTH,AND SKIPPING THE TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERE BEFORE EVENTUAL RE-ENTRY?...OR ARE WE IN THE MIDDLE OF A METEOR SHOWER? IF YOU SAW THE VIDEO,AND KNOW THE ORIENTATION OF THE OBJECT TRAIL,COULD YOU LET ME KNOW? FINALLY,MANY THANKS TO THOSE WHO REPLIED TO MY ORIGINAL MESSAGE. COPY FOLLOWS....... REGARDS, JOHN. My location here is N53 23.5 W003 08.00......North West England. Last night (sept 21st) at 21.54 gmt after hearing what sounded like a double "thud", I witnessed a bright tumbling object pass from a South Easterly direction ..to the North West.It had the appearance of a small bright white firework passing above the scattered clouds...the noise may have had nothing to do with the object,and could have been pure coincidence! It covered my field of vision of 80 degs , to the horizon ,in about 3 secs,which puts its speed at a very high rate indeed. I feel it could have been a bit of space junk burning - up , however the trajectory seems unusual.I know that some of the polar orbiters pass from south to north over this area,but did not think that there was anything about to decay. It was quite a spectacular sight,and I would welcome your comments on the origin of the object. Many thanks, John. John Locker G7-MIZ Satellite and Communications Consultant Homepage......http://www.cybase.co.uk/satcom/ Contributor ..What Satellite...ShortWave Magazine..Television..Monitoring Times/Satellite Times...Dr Dish TV (Spacenews in English) *** * * * * * * * * + * * * + *** ..::... I::::::::::::::::::: ...... ' ::::::::::::::::::::I I : : : :===: O:===: : : : I I....'....'....'.... :O :. :....'....'....'....I :.....: + *** * * * + * * * * * * * * + ***