Re:Incredible USA 86 pass

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Dear Ed,

On 30 July 99 you wrote:
> No one will believe this, but I'll send it in anyway.
> I was trying to find USA 86 (22251, 92-83A), for which
> a near-zenith pass was predicted.  Suddenly I noticed
> a very bright flare and clicked my stopwatch, and
> clicked, and clicked.  It was at about 2:56:38-41 UTC
> 29 July, and its magnitude was possibly as bright as -1.
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Reading your report about the incredible pass of USA-86,
I remembered that on Aug. 22 1998 I made a similar
observation, when USA-129 (96- 72A/24680) soared through
the sky. Unfortunately I never reported this.

Normally it was magnitude +2, but some very bright flashes 
(magnitude -3) were observed at the following times:
20:21:18.7 UTC
20:21:31.4 UTC
from 20:23:16.7 until 20:23:40.7 UTC
20:24:36.8 UTC

Kind regards, Wim Holwerda, 
location: +51.6261N, 5.0852E, 10 m.

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