NUFORC Sighting 02839

Occurred: 1997-11-09 06:15 Local
Reported: 1997-11-09 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 10 sec
No of observers: 1

Location: Newport (coast range, east of), OR, USA

Shape: Formation


Summary : A string of objects, could have been a deaying satellite or incoming space debris. There were about six in a row around the vicinity of Polaris heading S to N

String of about 6 objects heading due S to N very near Polaris, approx 44.5 degrees dec at my location. Lasting about 10 seconds they moved about a degree a second becoming as bright as -2 or -3 magnitude before fading. Perhaps they were a decaying satellite or falling debris.

Posted 2002-09-19

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