NUFORC Sighting 173563

Occurred: 2022-12-24 18:25 Local
Reported: 2022-12-25 11:38 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Gill, MA, USA
Location details: East south East sky / direction

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

Triangle shape object,transparent other than lights on corners,no sound.Moving slow East south East.

While satellite watching on 12/24/22 @ approx 6:25 pm, started tracking a satellite in the E/s/e sky to the lower right of the Pleiades star cluster, about the 10:00 position. Then noticed it was possibly 3 satellites moving in unison or one large object alone, silent regardless.The viewing lasted around 30 seconds as it traveled in the same direction indicated.
As an avid planet and stargazer and tracking satellites as a norm, The spacing between the lights seemed too far apart to be any type of known mapping satellites, as these usually run in tandem one after the other on a straight trajectory.
I also don’t believe it was any Starlink satellites for the same reasons.

Posted 2023-03-06