Is it possible the object filmed at Albany, NY was the International Space Station? The outline looks like the solar arrays and body of the ISS.
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Dear Mr. ((deleted)),
The object in the film traversed, I estimate, not less than 60 degrees of arc, as viewed from the video camera, in 11 frames of video. Video cameras collect 30, or sometimes 60 frames, per second. Hence, the object captured on video by FOX 23 covered 60 degrees in approximately one-third of a second. The ISS does not do that while in orbit.
Do you concur with my analysis, please?
Cordially,
Peter Davenport
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Mr. Davenport,
I'm afraid I would have to disagree, given the location it's quite possible that the flight path trajectory of the ISS would have been similar. http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/elements/index.html
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Direction of view, perhaps. Elapsed time, no.
Please see the entries at
((FOLLOW-UP CORRESPONDENCE))
Dear Mr. ((deleted)),
The object in the film traversed, I estimate, not less than 60 degrees of arc, as viewed from the video camera, in 11 frames of video. Video cameras collect 30, or sometimes 60 frames, per second. Hence, the object captured on video by FOX 23 covered 60 degrees in approximately one-third of a second. The ISS does not do that while in orbit.
Do you concur with my analysis, please?
Cordially,
Peter Davenport
((RESPONSE))
Mr. Davenport,
I'm afraid I would have to disagree, given the location it's quite possible that the flight path trajectory of the ISS would have been similar. http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/elements/index.html
((NUFORC RESPONSE))
Direction of view, perhaps. Elapsed time, no.
Please see the entries at
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Albany
USA
42.69
-73.81
NY
Occurred : 10/20/2002 16:00 Reported: 10/29/2002 9:11:02 AM 09:11 Posted: 11/4/2002 Location: Albany, NY Shape:
Is it possible the object filmed at Albany, NY was the International Space Station? The outline looks like the solar arrays and body of