WHILE STANDING IN MY BACK YARD THIS EVENING, I OBSERVED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A PRETTY STANDARD LOOKING SATELLITE, WHICH ARE OFTEN SEEN HERE. HOWEVER THIS ONE, TRAVELLING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AND SLIGHTLY EAST OF MY POSITION, SUDDENLY BECAME EXTREMELY BRIGHT BEFORE RESUMING IT'S NORMAL STAR LIKE CHARACTER AND PROCEEDING NORTHWARD. THIS FIRST ONE WAS AT ABOUT 2150 DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME.
THEN AT ABOUT 2210, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN.
FOLLOWING THESE TWO EVENTS, I SAW THREE SATELLITES IN WHAT COULD BE CALLED A ROUGH FORMATION AND TRAVELLING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND MAINTAINING THE SAME RELATIVE DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER, PASSED OVERHEAD. A LAYER OF STRATUS THEN MOVED IN FROM THE SOUTH EAST AND OBSCURED ANY FURTHER OBSERVATIONS, IF INDEED THERE WERE ANY TO BE MADE.
I'VE SEEN MANY SATELLITES AND METEORITES IN MY TIME, BUT THIS WAS MOST UNUSUAL.
ANY THOUGHTS?
THEN AT ABOUT 2210, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN.
FOLLOWING THESE TWO EVENTS, I SAW THREE SATELLITES IN WHAT COULD BE CALLED A ROUGH FORMATION AND TRAVELLING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND MAINTAINING THE SAME RELATIVE DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER, PASSED OVERHEAD. A LAYER OF STRATUS THEN MOVED IN FROM THE SOUTH EAST AND OBSCURED ANY FURTHER OBSERVATIONS, IF INDEED THERE WERE ANY TO BE MADE.
I'VE SEEN MANY SATELLITES AND METEORITES IN MY TIME, BUT THIS WAS MOST UNUSUAL.
ANY THOUGHTS?
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Melbourne (VIC, Australia)
Australia
45 minutes
45 minutes
light
Occurred : 1/23/2002 21:50 (Entered as : 23/1/2002 2150) Reported: 1/23/2002 4:24:21 AM 04:24 Posted: 1/29/2002 Location: Melbourne (VIC, Australia), Shape: Light Duration: 45 minutes Characteristics: The object changed color
WHILE STANDING IN MY BACK YARD THIS EVENING, I OBSERVED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A PRETTY STANDARD LOOKING SATELLITE, WHICH ARE OFTEN SEEN H