Hi all. I'm at my new second home in Tropic - started work at Bryce NP last week. I just have a dial-up connection here so I can't see what y'all are talking about, but I saw a couple of mysterious objects last night that y'all might be able to help me identify. At about 10:55 MDT I saw a bright object from the Paria View overlook, low in the west. At first I thought it might be the ISS, but then I noticed that there were two objects moving in the same direction (north), about 1/2-degree apart. The leading object was a bit fainter than the other. Within about five seconds of my having spotted them, they began to fade out, similar to an Iridium flare. I would have dismissed the sighting if I hadn't seen TWO distinct objects. Any ideas? Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 7:46 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Any Thoughts I've seen plenty of missile launches and none looked like this. It looks outside the atmosphere because the wind doesn't blow it and nothing seems to deform it. Another video, I guess from a different observatory, is here: http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=24251 -- Joe ________________________________ From: Rob Ratkowski Photography <ratkwski@hawaii.rr.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 7:10 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Any Thoughts the ball is coming from the NE supposedly it was a missile launch or a fuel dump and I've never sen a launch, fuel or barium dump that looked like that and they never came towards me Rob _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3730 - Release Date: 06/27/11