NUFORC Sighting 38751

Occurred: 2004-08-18 20:30 Local
Reported: 2004-08-19 16:52 Pacific
Duration: 10 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Nanaimo (Canada), BC, Canada

Shape: Sphere


Abnormal movement of airborn object. Assumed satellite- but low height, high speed, unusual path of travel

Myself and two others were sitting outdoors on the 18th.

Our friend pointed out what he thought was a sattelite moving across the sky. I did not note the exact time - I beleive it was approximately 10:30pm.

I picked up the object and followed its path. The object was moving in a straight line. No lights were detected or trails behind it.

Numerous things stuck us initally: 1) It was agreed amongst us that it was moving significantly faster than other satellites or shooting stars we have seen.

2)It seemed very low for a satellite. I can not give an estimate of height, but, it appeared that the object was almost close enought that we could pick out details of the object, not just a general shape profile.

3) It seemed of reasonable size - potentially due to the low height?? Larger than other satellites I have seen by approximately 4-5 fold.

At approximately a 25° angle, the speed of the object slowed slightly and it moved in a half-circle profile. I would suggest that the radius of the bend took place over 5-10° of the horizon. On completion of the half-circle profile, the object then resumed a straight line course. It appeared to be on a fairly similar path as to the one it was following prior to the half-circle.

Observers: #1 - 32 year old male. Engineer #2 - 54 year old male. Biologist #3 - 37 year old female. Social worker.



Posted 2004-08-24

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