From: Aaron Davidson (ajd@ualberta.ca)
Date: Mon Aug 23 1999 - 18:46:39 MDT
(subject has CRAP cuz it's off topic.)
I was just out at my girlfriend's lakeside cabin in British Columbia. Each
of the three nights we observed a strange type of satelite while sitting
around the campfire. This satelite (definately not a plane, it was way too
fast and there were no red or blue lights, only white light). It moved the
same as other visible satelites, except it ocasionally became invisible
then would flash brightly then become dimly visible again later along it's
trajectory.
It is possible there were some thin clouds causing the satelite to obscure
itself from view temporarily, however, the sky was cloudless before sun
set, and all other satelites appeared normal.
Is this some new-fangled sort of satelite? The sapce shuttle? Mir? The
proto-ISS? Just curious if anyonr knows what would cause a satelite to
blink/change in brightness.
Another quick question for clarification -- the satelites are visible from
sunlight reflecting off of them, right? They do not make their own light.
--Aaron
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