NUFORC Sighting 28266

Occurred: 2003-03-30 21:05 Local
Reported: 2003-03-30 12:23 Pacific
Duration: 5 min
No of observers: 1

Location: New Brighton (UK/England), , United Kingdom

Shape: Light

white starlike object travelling at speed west to east no sound

i saw a starlike object moving from the west to the east at approximately 21:05 pm .

it was travelling in a perfectly straight line at speed and there was no sound whatsoever (sattelite?)

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NUFORC Note:

We observe that the International Space Station passed just south of the UK, traveling from west to east, at 20:52-22:58 hrs. on this date. For ground track details, please see the following page at :

http://www.heavens-above.com/gtrack.asp?date=37710.8305310791&lat=50.853&lng=-0.927&alt=8&loc=New+Brighton&TZ=GMT&satid=25544

We are not certain that the witness observed the ISS, but it looks to us to be a strong possibility. PD))

Posted 2003-04-22