NUFORC Sighting 105228
Occurred: 2013-12-10 22:35 LocalReported: 2013-12-10 20:02 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 0
Location: Pelee Island (Lake Erie) (Canada), ON, Canada
Shape: Unknown
Above
2235 eastern Scanner UHF communications report a possible satellite or space debris re-entry just west of Pele Island in Lake Erie.
Weather conditions are cloudy with IFR conditions.
Communication intercepted by amateur radio operators indicate that there is a search and recovery underway in the area. Moved to another frequency. Could not track. Communications encrypted. Scanned upper and lower bands. No avail. Canadian bands active, but encrypted.
A captain aboard a freighter in the area reported on channel 19 a bright flash heading from east to west under the cloud cover. His call was not acknowledged.
2250 nothing further
NUFORC Note:
If the object was moving from E to W, it almost certainly was not re-entering space debris. Virtually no satellites fly in a retro-grade orbital path. PD
Posted 2013-12-12
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