After looking unsuccessfully for two or three four-to-five- minute periods, I first saw a flash (one-power, about +2?) at about 2:45:31 Tuesday 9 March UTC (8:45:31 PM CST). The first four flashes were equally bright; the fifth flash was fainter, and they gradually dimmed after that. The flash period was measured at 244.00 seconds -- 2.7 seconds faster than just six days ago!?!? I managed to see three one-power flashes last Friday night (early Saturday 6 March UTC) from San Antonio in spite of a mostly cloudy sky. I got a flash period of 245.60, which did not seem possible to me until getting the 9 March observations. So here are the flash-period measurements to date: March 3 = 248.00 seconds (rough obs. of only two periods) March 4 = 246.70 March 6 = 245.60 (only three periods) March 9 = 244.00 Maybe someone in another city or state can observe this one also? TELSTAR 401 1 22927U 93077A 99066.45853995 -.00000132 00000-0 00000+0 0 1242 2 22927 1.6477 85.7491 0005851 223.7762 279.7244 1.00284701 18660 Sure was sorry to see the bad news about WIRE. But anyway Mike McCants and I observed it early Tuesday UTC, and we saw a couple of one-power flashes after the culmination of its pass. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA