NUFORC Sighting 15781
Occurred: 2001-01-04 06:00 LocalReported: 2001-01-05 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 5 sec.
No of observers: 1
Location: Beeville, TX, USA
Shape: Flash
A star turned very bright and then fade away in the southern early mourning sky.
At 6 am in the southern sky about 30 degrees up one of the stars seemed to suddenly glow very bright and then slowly fade away to nothing. The whole event took about 5 to 10 seconds.
NUFORC Note:
We suspect the witness may have observed the flare of an Iridium satellite. PD
Posted 2001-02-18
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