NUFORC Sighting 52084

Occurred: 2006-08-19 05:13 Local
Reported: 2006-08-21 04:07 Pacific
Duration: 15-20 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Fargo, ND, USA

Shape: Flash


Update on bright flare...

Update: I did a bit of internet sleuthing after reporting the bright flash in the sky I witnessed the other morning. Apparently what I saw was the Iridium 54 satellite, which was scheduled to be over my location here in Fargo, ND at 05:12:09 on the date I had my sighting - Saturday, 19 August 2006. As I mentioned in my initial report, the flash of light I saw was almost alarmingly bright, and the chart I found on the website pegged Iridium 54 at a brightness magnitude of -7 on the logarithmic scale that measures light intensity. I'm assuming that the bright flare I saw a week or two back was the same object.



Posted 2006-10-30

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