Not a reflection of the sun. I saw this thing only a few hundred feet up when first spotted, it had barely been released. The sky was still dark and the sun way below the horizon at 5:05 AM. Whatever I saw had an orange on-board light. It was clearly seen. The only other possibility is if it was illuminated from the ground by a spotlight, but I'm sure I would have seen the beam. I was only about 1/4 mile away from the estimated release position. On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
Hi Chuck,
Here are data on this morning's launch:
http://www.calsky.com/?Balloons=&interval=0.125&station=72572&tdt=2456538.96...
I don't think they carry lights but maybe what you saw was the Sun reflecting off the orange equipment hanging below the balloon.