Maybe someone can help me with this. I spotted an unidentified geosynch FLASHER on two successive nights which is not in A. Thompson's 4000+ elsets (EL981006 from RPV BBS) or McCants' cs981008. I flashed quite bright, occasionally to about 6th magnitude in a very irregular fashion and was quite interesting. (It was not Superbird-A!) The following approximate positions were obtained: Oct 16, 1998 (UT) 6h18m UT Dec -4.45 RA 0h40m48s Oct 16, 1998 (UT) 6h53m UT Dec -1.65 RA 1h13m36s Observing Position: N37.2718 W121.9770 Alt 72Meters, near San Jose, California USA Track CLOSELY paralleled NORAD 04902 (from a SKYMAP plot) but the track was a bit further west, so the unidentified sat should be close to an inclination of 15 degrees. It was moving north through the normal geostationary band at about the same time (6h15mUT) on both nights, so I conclude it is closely geosync. NORAD 04902 should have been about 5.6 degrees east of the object, but I did not look for it to verify the position precisely. I do have a pretty good video tape of the object taken through a 16" reflector with an image intensifier if anyone is interested in seeing it. I hope someone can identify this satellite as I'd like to be able to see it again and again. RICK BALDRIDGE rbaldridge@littonssd.com