| Sighting Report |
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| Occurred : 5/10/2003 23:35 (Entered as : 05/10/03 23.35) Reported: 5/14/2003 8:51:17 AM 08:51 Posted: 5/27/2003 Location: Cardiff (UK/Wales), Shape: Unknown Duration:3 seconds |
| My son and I were looking at the night sky, in Cardiff, UK having let the dog out. My son (an MSc) noticed a light in the sky, moving easterly almost overhead. This light, we observed, was as bright as the nearby stars, but covered about 15 seconds of arc in approximately 3 seconds. It was silent and there was no contrail. Cardiff lies underneath one of the transatlantic air corridors and we are used to all kinds of aircraft, including Concorde. Nothing we have seen overhead comes close to the speed at which the light moved. It flew straight, did not flare, as a meteor does and only disappeared when it flew behind a cloud. |