Brilliant red light sighted over San Jose.
Last night, my son in law, my wife, and I observed a brilliant red light.
It was noticed just as we were watching the ISS fly over our location. The object was traveling from the northwest to the southeast at around 60 degrees. We observed it as a solid red light.
It’s motion was far slower than the aircraft flying in the area. It appeared to change its velocity and direction. It’s magnitude was approximately 1.5 and faded to a yellowish orange before disappearing. Even while it was fading, it would brighten up at times to about 1.0 magnitude (as compared to the surrounding stars in the southern sky.
Possible night balloon? Satellite would not have altered course and would not have reflected such a brilliant red. Could be some sort of space junk or object recently sent up.
Last night, my son in law, my wife, and I observed a brilliant red light.
It was noticed just as we were watching the ISS fly over our location. The object was traveling from the northwest to the southeast at around 60 degrees. We observed it as a solid red light.
It’s motion was far slower than the aircraft flying in the area. It appeared to change its velocity and direction. It’s magnitude was approximately 1.5 and faded to a yellowish orange before disappearing. Even while it was fading, it would brighten up at times to about 1.0 magnitude (as compared to the surrounding stars in the southern sky.
Possible night balloon? Satellite would not have altered course and would not have reflected such a brilliant red. Could be some sort of space junk or object recently sent up.
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San Jose
USA
20 minutes
20 minutes
37.24
-121.82
light
CA
Occurred : 9/7/2009 21:15 (Entered as : 09072009 21:15) Reported: 9/8/2009 8:05:10 AM 08:05 Posted: 12/12/2009 Location: San Jose, CA Shape: Light Duration: 20 minutes Characteristics: There were lights on the object, The object changed color
Brilliant red light sighted over San Jose.