Hello all, I'm not one to jump onto the list needlessly when I see something unusual, but ... It's very clear here this evening, and at 19.31BST, my attention was caught by an apparently 'fast' moving object, a little faster than a civil airliner, moving through Perseus and travelling eastwards. What caught my attention was that the object was regularly flashing brighter by a magnitude five/six times before settling back to a mag of around 2.5/3. The flashing pattern occurred every two seconds. There no nav lights of any sort, no sound and no contrail. I'm very familiar aircraft of all types, and this did not show any signs of being one. I've checked with Heavens Above but without success. Almost immediately, I observed another flasher, much fainter, but flashing very regularly, four or five times a second. The object was much higher, at around 60 degrees altitude close to Cassiopeia, and moving south easterly below Cygnus. Again, I checked with Heavens Above but without success. Apologies for the vague positions, but it was still twilight here, and difficult to fix positions against fainter stars. Both observed without instruments. Any ideas anybody? Thanks in advance, Charlie Eltham. Cheltenham, UK 51.892N 2.080W ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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