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| Occurred : 8/30/2007 20:30 (Entered as : 08/30/07 20:30) Reported: 8/31/2007 6:52:23 AM 06:52 Posted: 10/8/2007 Location: Seattle (above), WA Shape: Flash Duration:5 seconds |
| Flash of light over Seattle similar to rocket burn, moves upward quickly While observing stars on a realatively clear night from an island in the San Juans at about 8:30 PM on August 30, 2007, northwest of Seattle, I noticed several satellites traverse the sky over a 15 minute time period. After a lull of movement for several minutes a flash of light caught my eye. As I focused on that point in the sky, it continued its sustained illumination (perhaps 2 seconds at the most) and then began moving in a northern (and upward?) direction as it became dimmer and dimmer. Within a few seconds it had vanished. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Iridium satellite. PD) |