Hi; I have been told to try this list for an answer to a recent sighting a friend and I had whih we could not figure out. It took place in Gatienau Park which lies close (~20/30 miles) to Ottawa, Ontario Canada. Ottawa's coordinates are: Latitude: 45° 25' 0 N, Longitude: 75° 42' 0 W It was around 9:45 or thereabouts at night, we noticed a rather slow moving, light-emitting object wobbling across the night sky which did not seem to be very far up (maybe a few miles?). Although it is difficult to determine distance at night. The light (which was white) did not go on and off like a plane's, but was continuously shining. It seemed to wobble compared to the stars behind which were stationary. It seemed to be silent from what we could gather - although that's difficult to tell too. At any rate we didn't hear any airplane/helicopter noise. We were basically headed in a south/south west direction and it flew over in generally a west-to-east direction. The object seemed to be wobbling a little unlike the stars behind it which were stationary and to our eyes it didn't look like it was very far up in the sky - judging by the clarity of the light and size of the object. It was going sort of slowly - maybe the typical speed of a small plane or a helicopter and could watch it for several seconds. Anyway, thanks for any help; Marilyn ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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