Bright moving object high in the sky. Changed intensity as it moved.
I looked almost straight up and saw what I thought was a star at first but it began to move slowly. It was about as bright as Venus at first. It then increased in intensity and picked up speed. It then lost some of its intensity but it’s speed stayed steady. I told my girlfriend to look, but just that quickly it became really dim like some far away star. I thought this was strange, as I didn't know satellites to change intensity and pick up speed. Also, I lost sight of it as it dimmed until I could not see it. The whole experience could not have been more than 10 seconds..
((NUFORC Note: An Iridium flash was visible from this location at 21:53 hrs. Please see the following URL for details:
http://www.heavens-above.com/iridium.asp?lat=37.906&lng=-122.064&alt=60&loc=Walnut+Creek&TZ=PST&Date=37430.6403333333&Dur=2
PD))
I looked almost straight up and saw what I thought was a star at first but it began to move slowly. It was about as bright as Venus at first. It then increased in intensity and picked up speed. It then lost some of its intensity but it’s speed stayed steady. I told my girlfriend to look, but just that quickly it became really dim like some far away star. I thought this was strange, as I didn't know satellites to change intensity and pick up speed. Also, I lost sight of it as it dimmed until I could not see it. The whole experience could not have been more than 10 seconds..
((NUFORC Note: An Iridium flash was visible from this location at 21:53 hrs. Please see the following URL for details:
http://www.heavens-above.com/iridium.asp?lat=37.906&lng=-122.064&alt=60&loc=Walnut+Creek&TZ=PST&Date=37430.6403333333&Dur=2
PD))
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Walnut Creek
USA
7-10 seconds
7-10 seconds
37.91
-122.05
unknown
CA
Occurred : 6/24/2002 21:55 (Entered as : 06/24/02 21:55) Reported: 6/25/2002 11:00:36 PM 23:00 Posted: 7/1/2002 Location: Walnut Creek, CA Shape: Unknown Duration: 7-10 seconds
Bright moving object high in the sky. Changed intensity as it moved.