NUFORC Sighting 16888

Occurred: 2001-03-18 05:04 Local
Reported: 2001-03-18 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds?
No of observers: 1

Location: Whittier, CA, USA

Shape: Orb


Pale, ruddy starlike object

While stargazing, I noticed a "star" that should not be there, and while I stared at it, it started to move slowly. Noticed it in the Bootes patch of sky, it moved slowly through Ursa Major. Looked like a reddish star, near the color of Antares perhaps. It did not blink, flash, or change color. Visual magnitude, approximately 3.5. It seemed to speed up just a little while it traveled between Arcturus and eta-UM. Slowed down in Ursa Major, and I lost it to the sky. I'm estimating very high altitude or low Earth orbit. The satellites I'm used to seeing move faster than what I am reporting here.

Posted 2001-04-01

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