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From: rainbow@ihuxe.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: speed of satellite query
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Date: Wed, 15-Aug-84 12:34:44 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 15 12:34:44 1984
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I saw a curious sight last weekend which I'd like explained as I am not one
to believe in UFO's. I was staring at the sky at about midnight. Nice and
dark so I had a terrific view. All of a sudden I noticed one of the stars on 
the eastern horizon moving rather quickly. It traveled in a straight line
and disappeared over the western horizon in about two minutes, three at most.
Now the question is, what did I see? I was not aware that satellites move
so quickly in orbit. It was not a plane(no noise, no other lights other than
a white speck as indicated by high powered binoculars). It was not a shooting
star because they travel faster and tend to burn up rather quickly. It 
definitely appeared to be rather large because it was giving off a reflection
yet it also appeared to be in orbit. Can anyone help?

Robert

PS. It was about 10-15 degrees to the south from directly overhead.