Perry, This sounds a lot like it could be a flare off an Iridium satellite. According to the Heavens-Above website (http://www.heavens-above.com/main.asp?lat=43.533&lng=5.433&alt=0&loc=Aix%2Den %2DProvence&TZ=CET), there was such a flare in your area on the evening of 7 October. The flare was from Iridium 11 and was in the correct direction (Azimuth 138°, Altitude 48°), however it occurred at 20:42 Central Europe Summer Time (18:42 GMT, if I've done the conversion correctly). This is about 1:20 after your reports. The reports sound so much like an Iridium flare, I'm wondering if the reported time may have some error associated with it. How accurate/reliable is the timing information from the observers? Cheers, Daryl In a message dated 10/12/01 6:07:25 AM Pacific Daylight Time, perry.petrakis@free.fr writes: > Two groups of people, unaware of each other reported a sighting of a > green-bluish light on 7th October at 19h21 (17h21 UTC). One of these groups > (two people, one of which is a trained Ferry Boat commander) was in Senas, > several kilometers northwest of Aix-en-Provence. He spoke of a greenish > light observed for 2 seconds towards the southeast (145°). > > The second group (4 people) was in Fayence, several kilometers to the East > of Aix-en-Provence. They described a blue light visible 3 seconds, again > towards the southeast. > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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