Faint red star orbits Saturn and flies rapid sawtooth pattern.
While standing in my yard looking 30 degrees up from the horizon due west at what I think was Saturn, a very close fainter "star" suddenly moved and made a full orbit of saturn in about 2 seconds. It then moved about, performing rapid sawtooth patterns and "normal" linear movements and pauses. I called a family member to bring some binoculars. With them the object still looked like a star, red in color and of constant radiance. I lost the object as it moved lower in the sky and blended with the haze of the city lights. Having a masters in physics, and having worked 7 years in aerospace on missile programs, I know of nothing man made that could have flown the pattern this thing did, pulling tremendous G's to reverse direction the way it did.
While standing in my yard looking 30 degrees up from the horizon due west at what I think was Saturn, a very close fainter "star" suddenly moved and made a full orbit of saturn in about 2 seconds. It then moved about, performing rapid sawtooth patterns and "normal" linear movements and pauses. I called a family member to bring some binoculars. With them the object still looked like a star, red in color and of constant radiance. I lost the object as it moved lower in the sky and blended with the haze of the city lights. Having a masters in physics, and having worked 7 years in aerospace on missile programs, I know of nothing man made that could have flown the pattern this thing did, pulling tremendous G's to reverse direction the way it did.
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Colton
USA
2 minutes
2 minutes
34.03
-117.29
light
CA
Occurred : 7/2/2004 21:15 (Entered as : 07/02/2004 21:15) Reported: 7/2/2004 10:49:15 PM 22:49 Posted: 7/8/2004 Location: Colton, CA Shape: Light Duration: 2 minutes
Faint red star orbits Saturn and flies rapid sawtooth pattern.