Pale, ruddy starlike object
While stargazing, I noticed a "star" that should not be there, and while I stared at it, it started to move slowly. Noticed it in the Bootes patch of sky, it moved slowly through Ursa Major. Looked like a reddish star, near the color of Antares perhaps. It did not blink, flash, or change color. Visual magnitude, approximately 3.5. It seemed to speed up just a little while it traveled between Arcturus and eta-UM. Slowed down in Ursa Major, and I lost it to the sky. I'm estimating very high altitude or low Earth orbit. The satellites I'm used to seeing move faster than what I am reporting here.
While stargazing, I noticed a "star" that should not be there, and while I stared at it, it started to move slowly. Noticed it in the Bootes patch of sky, it moved slowly through Ursa Major. Looked like a reddish star, near the color of Antares perhaps. It did not blink, flash, or change color. Visual magnitude, approximately 3.5. It seemed to speed up just a little while it traveled between Arcturus and eta-UM. Slowed down in Ursa Major, and I lost it to the sky. I'm estimating very high altitude or low Earth orbit. The satellites I'm used to seeing move faster than what I am reporting here.
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Whittier
USA
30 seconds?
30 seconds?
33.97
-118.03
light
CA
Occurred : 3/18/2001 05:04 (Entered as : 03/18/01 05:04) Reported: 3/18/2001 05:28 Posted: 4/1/2001 Location: Whittier, CA Shape: Light Duration: 30 seconds?
Pale, ruddy starlike object