Dear Seesaters, Last night (15th July), I had a very strange MIR pass around 22:26 UT. Circumstances were quite adverse. First, I had to bail out of the house to see it at all. Then I recognized that the sky was partly cloudy so I would only see a part of the pass. When I saw Mir, I recognized that it was brighter than usual and brighter than predicted, I estimated about -2 mag. Than the brightness changed periodically by several magnitudes! The period was several seconds, I was just to overwhelmed to make a decent measurement. I cannot completely rule out that the brightness changes were caused by clouds but it seems highly unlikely to me. I live in a light polluted region and could clearly distinguish clouded and clear regions in the sky. Has anybody seen Mir in last 24hours and recognized something unusual like this? Rainer Kresken Darmstadt, Germany 49.82°N, 8.64°E