With a co-worker, I saw Iridium 19 Delta rocket #24970 (97056F) at 12:12 UTC (5:12 AM local) 16 April 1998. According to my tracking program (STS Plus), it was to come out of shadow high in the northern sky going south to north. Looking high facing north I didn't see it until Darryl pointed it out. It was lower than where I was expecting to see it first. It passed about 1-3 degrees east of Polaris at 12:12:15 UTC + or - a second or so. My watch was within a sec. of true time (WWV). It was about the same magnitude as Polaris. Darryl said it was the fastest satellite he'd ever seen. I had possibly seen one faster near perigee once thanks to a tip from Craig Cholar. Seeing Iridium 19 Delta r involves a special dimension for me since I saw it launch from Vandenberg 27 Sept. 1997 from about 6 miles away. I remember it launched into a cloud bank above the pad. -- Jake Rees Burbank, Calif., USA (34.164 N, 118.341 W)