Saw Shuttle!
Bill Bard (wtba@eci-esyst.com)
19 Aug 1997 07:47:37 -0400
Fortunately, being right after sun rise, the sky was clear there and was
still a good shade of blue. The shuttle was a bright white and seemed to
get brighter as it went towards the sun. With binoculars, I could make
out a shape. I could tell the nose and could see either the wing or tail
pointing up (I couldn't tell which and if it was making a bank, it could
have been the wing pointing up). I was able to follow it for about a
minute and didn't see any thruster firings (or no contrails were seen).
This is the second sighting from here of the shuttle. A few years back, I =
glimpsed it going between some clouds. This one was much better. The
sonic boom followed a couple of minutes later.
Bill Bard
wtba@eci-esyst.com