NUFORC Sighting 30889

Occurred: 2003-08-24 21:15 Local
Reported: 2003-08-24 22:29 Pacific
Duration: 4 seconds?
No of observers: 0

Location: Anaheim Hills, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

It looked like the light from a satelite.

I'm curious as to whether this may have been a satelite. While watching the stars, I saw a single gold light suddenly appear. At first I thought it was a jet. But it was silent. It moved very slowly after it appeared. Then, after a few seconds, it dimmed and disappeared. It doubt it was a shooting star, because of its slow speed.

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NUFORC Note:

We have checked www.heavens-above.com for flashes visible from Iridium satellites, and there were none shown for the time and date above. Data can be seen at the following URL:

http://www.heavens-above.com/iridium.asp?lat=33.835&lng=-117.914&alt=40&loc=Anaheim&TZ=PST&Dur=2&Date=37856.7687847222

We do not know what the witness observed. PD))

Posted 2003-08-28