been an antenna..perhaps 12 feet in diameter or so. Ron Lee > Observed an object about seven seconds out in front of Mir at around 2:32 >UTC on July 29th. Made a casual observation last night, timing is an >estimate. This object was not visible until just before shadow entry and >increased in brightness from invisible to about magnitude zero (estimate >from brightly lit observation area). Have not checked other possibilities >yet, but the object was co-planar with Mir and entered the shadow at about >the same apparent point in the sky. Can estimate a more accurate time and >observing location coordinates if anyone is interested. > >Mike Murphy > >