RE: Spectacular UNID
Dorreman, Bram (Bram.Dorreman@nl.origin-it.com)
Fri, 27 Feb 1998 16:02:56 +0100
Ed Cannon wrote:
>At about 11:47:30 UTC (5:47:30 a.m. CST), as I was looking
>between Cosmos 1980 Rk (#19650, 88-102B) and Cosmos 1005 Rk
>(#10861, 78-45B), a very bright flash from near the zenith
>caught my eye. I watched up there and very soon saw a flash
>in the -4 to -6 magnitude range. The object then in a few
>seconds became visible briefly at about +3, then in a few
>seconds there was another -4 to -6 flash. The object was
>southbound from near the zenith. Etc.. Etc.
When I see such flashes I always think of the very old MIDAS satellites
and the last one (1966-089 A) inparticular. Just a guess in case the
object moves very slowly.
Bram Dorreman (Bram.Dorreman@nl.origin-it.com from work)
COSPAR site 4160: 51g 15'49" N 5g28'38" E 35 m above
sealevel
Achel 1 lat: +51.26361 g long: -5.47722 g