Observation report from West Africa on 25 Dec. 2005

From: Frits Westra (fw-nx@xs4all.nl)
Date: Tue Oct 24 2006 - 13:52:40 EDT

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    Hello all,
    
    I received below observation report from West Africa. I could not find any  
    decays on the date and time given.
    Please correct me if I am wrong. Any suggestions are appreciated.
    
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    Date : 25 december 2005
    Time : approx 18:48 GMT
    Place : Near Kaya, Burkina Faso, West Africa
    GPS reading: 13°17’50”N 0°38’52”W
    
    3 (or 4 ?) bright orange lights (no blinking) that seemed to be regularly  
    spaced moved rather low over the eastern horizon in a north-south  
    direction along a slightly descending trajectory. The lights themselves  
    left no individual trails. However, the group of lights left a long,  
    faintly visible, silvery trail behind. No sound was heard. The height of  
    the object over the horizon was estimated at approx. 20°, it covered an  
    estimated 45° horizontally in about 30 seconds.
    
    The next day, we spoke with people in Dori (about 50 km east of where our  
    sighting was done), who confirmed exactly what we had seen. They had also  
    sighted the object in the eastern sky, thus we have seen a phenomenon that  
    was at a distance of MORE than 50 km! (the very eastern part of Burkina  
    Faso or Niger).
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    Thanks for your info.
    
    Regards,
    Frits Westra
    
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