Alphonse Pouplier wrote: "On 05-30-1997 at 22:05 UT several (over 20 in different places) observers of the region of Bordeaux Lat. +44d50m Lon. near zero saw a satellite near the zenith MOVING FROM EAST TO WEST 3 sec VERY BRIGHT flash then 7 sec not visible and so on. They say that during the flashes it was MUCH BRIGHTER than MIR. What could it be?" I could find no zenith matches. Best I could come up with was OV 1-5 (Norad #2122) which made an east-to-west pass in the south at that time. Possible new launch? --Rob