In message <199608281721.KAA12739@netcom2.netcom.com> Robert Sheaffer writes: > > > Hello, my name is Robert Sheaffer. I live in San Jose, California .... > > ...."debunker") of UFO claims, for many years. To find out more about me, > > My location is "approximately" 37 deg 17' 19" north, 121 deg 59' 09" west. > And now that you know where I am, if you're wandering in the neighborhood > with your GPS receiver, please drop by for tea! (No fair looking me up > in other sources!) I wonder if anyone could actually do that??? > > If anyone knows of any interesting events that might be observable from > my location, let me know and if I can see anything, I'll post my > observations. > Hello Rob: I too am a UFO debunker since I feel that 99.99% of UFO observations are misidentifications - but that .01% is disconcerting (perhaps real). Your location is between Rancho Rinconada & Campbell on a U-shaped city block with a stream on the west side. Go to the Tiger Map Service URL, type-in your coordinates, and do a 20X zoom-in. I find the TiPS satellite to be one of the most interesting ones I've seen. If you use moderate magnification you see a silvery line (tether) with a faint satellite at each end. Each appears to be flashing (rotating) independently of the other. I saw one at mag 9 and the other at mag 10 in a 16" Dob. I too have a GPS receiver - look me up in Ft. Lupton, Colorado. BCNU. R. B. Minton -104.7932, +40.0876, 4525 ft.