another strange object

From: Chris Peat (chris.peat@heavens-above.com)
Date: Wed Sep 05 2001 - 10:36:45 EDT


Hi All,
Another possible satellite re-entry?

Chris

Chris Peat, Heavens-Above GmbH
E-mail: Chris.Peat@heavens-above.com
Web site: www.heavens-above.com 




-----Original Message-----
From: gvarros@gvarros.com [mailto:gvarros@gvarros.com]
Sent: 05 September 2001 16:26
To: Chris.Peat@heavens-above.com
Subject: strange object


Chris, forgot to include my location in 
previous e-mail.   It is 39.341 N -77.2075 W

George


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Chris,  I just saw an object that I could not
identify and was wondering if some rocket body
re-entered...

Here's what I saw:  Coming out of the west at 10:08:00 ut
around 15 degrees elevation, an object moving towards 
the south-east.  It was moving 4 or 5 times faster 
than the ISS or a satellite. Was orange in color and 
of detectable size. It sometimes appeared to be slightly 
elongated along its path.  It reached around mag -3 as it
approached my central meridian which it crossed at 
10:08:22 ut at around 30 degrees elevation. I then lost 
it in the trees around 10:08:40 ut at around 15 degrees 
elevation at a direction of SSE.  

It didn't look like a meteor or earth grazing chunk of
rock and wasn't an airplane.  Any ideas?

Sincerely,
George Varros



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