Satellite Reflections and Unusual Motion Patterns

A satellite like object came across the sky from west horizon heading across the sky towards the east, at about 45° above the west horizon it start to gently veer towards the south and changed direction so it was moving from north to south. Its closest point of approach was at the beginning of its s

On the Night of August 28, 2019, there were two of us out at a cottage on Eagle Lake by Tichborne, Ontario, north of Kingston about 45 minutes. We went out to the porch and it was between 9:45 – 10:15. As soon as we opened the front door and walked out we were looking towards the West, and immediat

Was driving South on I135, and a bright light appeared in the windshield about 45 degrees high in the sky. It was straight South of our location, directly over I-135, and was not moving. At first, I thought maybe it was a traffic drone, with the Sun reflecting off of it. It had to be -17 or so i

Looking what I thought was a satellite but it was moving to slow it was like a weak star then it brightened 100 times intensity for 3sec went back to original intensity and made a 90 % left turn and disappeared. Possible flare from an Iridium satellite? PD

A light seen stationary approx. 1/4 of a degree to the east of the star Arcturus. It and the star increased in magnitude for a moment before the light faded away. The light was a white-blue color. The previous night (06/08/18) the light moved clockwise around Arcturus before disappearing and Arct

The light was slightly yellowish and the flares of variable intensity were brighter than the alpha-centaur star that was nearby and one of the flares was much more brighter than the venus glow. The speed of travel was very slow, with no noise whatsoever, it seemed to be at an altitude far superior

The object started near west (~260 deg) and continued to east alternating between very bright flashes and dim flashes over different intervals. It crossed near the rate of a plane but very direct. It was dusk with just a bit of light blue on the horizon and the stars of the Big Dipper were just be

I was walking my dog at the condominium complex at approximately 22:25 where I live and saw in the eastern sky what appeared to be a stationary star that started to glow with increasing intensity and brightness for 10 seconds then quickly faded until it was no longer seen amongst the other stars in

Tonight at 10:00 p.m., I went out to look at the stars and immediately saw what appeared to be a satellite moving from south to north. After 5 or 6 seconds it became very bright, then it dimmed and there appeared to be a much dimmer light shoot out from the bottom. A few seconds later it became br

A co-worker and I were outside having a smoke and looking for Perseid meteors, when I spotted what I thought was a satellite. The "satellite" was heading in a north to south direction and traveling at a typical speed for a satellite. It looked yellow/orange-ish, like most satellites do. A few se

A second satellite came into our view starting off large and bright and then dimming. I saw the same thing a few years back in the same location. Do photo satellites have a flash? I didn't think so but that was the only theory that we all hit on with the exception of UFO. Possible Iridium satell

I've been an aerospace machinist for 19 years now. I work for a very big aerospace company and I am very aware of many type of aircraft. At 9:19 on Saturday night I saw a light flying in a north direction. It was a bright light with a slow movement, as I noticed it, it started to slowly dim. It was

While out filming the night sky with my camera, I had my camera trained on a distant bright star (SSW) and a bright light flashed very brightly then extinguished and the whole event took place within the span of 5 seconds. A friend of mine did not see this since he was on his phone and by the time

I was in my car heading north on my drive in to work at 6:30am and saw one bright "star" to the north/northwest in the sky. No other stars were visible since there was quite a bit of daylight. The light was whitish blue and flickered, grew about twice the original size, then just disappeared insta

On June 25, 2015, at approximately 11:40 PM, my boyfriend and I were standing on the balcony of The Great Wolf Lodge hotel looking east. The sky was completely clear and I noticed that even though we were in a populated area that more stars were visible in Centralia than at home in Everett. As we

North polar orbit. Just past zenith grew in brightness to about 10 times station brightness, moving as a typical satellite, until much more bright than any satellite could possibly get from reflected sunlight, unless extremely large, i.e. 1/2 mile in size @ 300 miles agl. http://heavens-above.com/I

Looking west, I saw a non-flashing white light that I thought to be a satellite heading from north to south at a steady, typical pace for objects in orbit. I watched this light for about 5 seconds before it became extremely bright and then disappeared. I am confident that this was not a meteor/m

Saw a white light heading South in the Eastern sky. It pulsed bright and then faded away rather quickly. Possible flare from Iridium satellite?? PD

Then at its britest point a gray thin line shot to the right. Now we faced north. It was almost strate up. . 12:00 is strate up so about 11:30 would be the angle. Possible flare from an Iridium satellite? PD

The light just appeared. The light stayed in the same spot. It got real bright then it faded away. It did that several times. Then it disappeared and appeared again far away. It got real bright then it was gone. Iridium satellite flare. PD

I was lying outside with my mother trying see perseids and i saw what i thought was a satellite but when it reached in front of us it grew massively bright looked like it was heading toward us but then it dimmed in less than a second and continued on its way. Iridium satellite? PD

whitish light or reflecting light moving from South to North. Flares up quite brite then blacks out. Have seen this same? for several years now-possible satellite reflecting either the sun or? Always the same exact characteristic of flaring up and then blacking out. We suspect that the witness may

faint whitish light heading from SE to NW that flared up bright white for a second then blacked out. Have seen this object..satellite or? at least 5 or 6 times now in the last two years. Always silent, approximately at 30,000 feet elevation. Always flares up for a second then blacks out. Fligh

On the evening of March 5 around 8:55 PM Eastern I was admiring the clear night sky from my outdoor hottub near Rochester NY. In the sky nearly overhead and slightly west of the Big Dipper I glanced the dimming of what appeared to be a star about the brightness of Jupiter. I thought it may be an

I was standing outside, walking home from my neighbors house from a late night. I stopped and looked up, to what I thought was a bright star. I kept looking at it, and it kept getting brighter. Eventually it got very bright then vanished into complete blackness. Possible flare from Iridium satellit

A hour or so prior we saw the ISS crossing the sky to the south, that was very distinguishable. I was trying to photograph an iridium flare to the east when later my wife noticed a bright enough light (-2M) approaching from the south. We though this could be the ISS again, but it was too soon. We n

I was taking my dog out before bed when I heard this loud airplane roaring above, so I looked up in the sky and saw this solid white light passing near the plane. All of a sudden it grew about 5 times in size for about 2 seconds, turned a light bluish color and then shrank until I couldn’t see it a

Looking westerly nearly overhead I saw what appeared to be a star grow very bright then dissapear. Did not appear to be a meteor. Almost looked like a star exploding? I have been watching the sky my entire life as I live on the west coast of florida and never have seen anything like it. Iridium

Last night we went outside to view an iridium flare (satellite Iridium 47) visible in the Niagara region at 8:26pm. It was partially cloudy and that was mainly to the south. It was a bright -5.6M flare and just as one of the websites predicted, it was there at the location that the website said it

On the night of July 18 th, my husband, mother in law, and two children witnessed a speck of white light in the sky rapidly moving north. The object then slowed and grew larger, they lost the object behind trees. By the time they reached a better spot to view the object it vanished. They claim it

While standing out on deck last night watching thunderstorms to the south, I turned to go in when I noticed in northern sky a light or star that should not have been there. I'm limited to star mass due to city light pollution so you get to know what is where from observing over the years. This star

I was viewing the night sky, looking to the north, and noticed a quite bright light, which was moving across the sky, from my left to right. At first, I thought the light was the flare from an Iridium flare, many of which I have seen before tonight. That was my first impression, given that the ill

Peculiar "flare" of white light in the nighttime sky; not caused by an Iridium satellite. Two adult males were standing and admiring the clear night sky, identifying the constellations in the northern and western sky. As one was looking at the Big Dipper, he suddenly noticed a very bright light, th

Possible Iridium satellite?? PD

Appeared to be a very bright star which flashed then receded. It seemed to get smaller and dimmer then disapeared. Possibly the flare from an Iridium satellite. PD

there was a round bright light that caught my eye in the east of my backyard and as it flew south it dissapated finally dissapearing seconds later. Flare from Iridium satellite? PD

Thank you for the information. Sorry to take up your time.

I was walking outside around 10:30 pm and glanced at the northern sky. In the northwest, a dim steady light point was moving in an easterly direction. I assumed it was a satellite and followed the light in hopes it was an Iridium flare, a satellite that brightens quickly when it reflects sunlight.

I was lying on my hammock in my backyard looking North/West at Orions Belt at 08:35 pm. when a dim light treked through my line of sight. As I followed it, it staggered and grew brighter for a second, sped up, dimmed back to original illumination [like a star or satellite] it kept travelling north

Update: I did a bit of internet sleuthing after reporting the bright flash in the sky I witnessed the other morning. Apparently what I saw was the Iridium 54 satellite, which was scheduled to be over my location here in Fargo, ND at 05:12:09 on the date I had my sighting - Saturday, 19 August 2006.

I decided to smoke a cigarette next to my window so I wouldnt blow smoke in the house. I noticed a bright light in front of my house so I looked at it not thinking anything about it, the sky is pretty dark right now. As I looked at it the light got a bit brighter and it went off to the right. It

I looked to my left (east) and high in the sky moving quickly to the north was a very bright light. I saw it move extremely fast northbound before it turned back on itself on the same plane, just for a tenth of a second, then stopped and blinked out of existence. As it disappeared it brightened up

My husband and I were sitting on our friends' patio. In the NE (we think) area a bright light caught my eye. I thought it was an airplane at first, but then it wasn't moving. So I asked my husband what it was and as we were looking at it together, it seemed to fade. I have seen meteor showers,

Then 10 minutes later another light, appearing in approximately the same place, did the same thing. Checked the Iridium Flares schedule and there were none happening at that time.

Probably the flare from an Iridium satellite. PD

Was waiting on a bus in the Ravenna Park area. Something in my peripherial vision casued me to look up. I saw what appeared to be a point of light that grew extremely bright over about a second or a second and a half then it dimmed over approx. 3 or 4 seconds to absolutely nothing. Probably the fl

The object looked like a star but was moving across the sky at a semi-fast pace. Once it reached the constellation Lynx, the moving "star" started to turn bright, bright blue. Slowly it faded back to original color, through binoculars it just look like a moving star. It seemed to be going farther

I do not know if this was a satellite or not. I tried to use J-pass to see if there would be any satelites viewable in my area at this time, and there were none due. The light was traveling northeast (more north than east) high in the sky just north of the city of Rockford. To my eye it was the size

Then for about the duration of a second and a half ,the light increased in a perfect solid circle about 100 - 150% in size and brigthness.Then began to dim, and it's tragetory changed about 20- 30 degrees to the east I guess. As I continued watching the light continued to dim till it was not visibl

We suspect a sighting of an Iridium satellite. PD

I saw a bright vertical streak of light high in the sky. When I went out into the backyard to get a better look I noticed there was another one but it was perfectly horizontal. As the horizontal one moved slowly to the left (south), the vertical one descended slowly toward the treetops until they bo

(( Witness elects to remain totally anonymous. We suspect the event was caused by the "flare" from an Iridium satellite. The data for the event can be accessed at the URL shown below, and the data for "flares" visible from the witness location are shown below, as well: http://www.heavens-above.co

8/19/04 10:29 PST My husband and I were sitting outside talking and happened to look up to the North East when we saw what we thought was a sattelite. The strange thing was that it suddenly got very bright, brighter than any star in the sky, yellow/white light, for maybe a second then it dimmed and

We are aware of Iridium satellites, and the bright flash of light they give off, when their solar panels catch the Sun at a certain angle, relative to the observer's location. PD

No Iridium satellite "flare" visible from Victoria at this time, and on this date. PD

Possible "flare" from Iridium satellite. PD

(( Report is consistent, we believe, with a sighting of a "flare" reflection form Iridium satellite #16. Please see entry from below: Iridium Flares | Home | Prev. | Next | Help | Clicking on the time of the flare will load another page with more details, including a map showing the track of

I was sitting on a bench at Alki Beach around 20;30 on September 1st. It was just about to get dark. I looked up to the stars and suddenly one got very bright and then it seemed to move up (vertical). I looked around but no one else seemed to notice it. Iridium "flare" visible from this location a

We believe the witness describes the event quite accurately, but that it was caused by the flash from an Iridium satellite. Please see the website link below for details: http://www.heavens-above.com/iridium.asp?lat=44.017&lng=-107.955&alt=1229&loc=Worland&TZ=MST&Dur=2&Date=37788.6893634259PD)) y

A single point of white light, the same size (apparently) as the surrounding stars, was moving in a straight line, northward. It had passed overhead (well above the Plough), when it stopped and flashed brightly. Immediately and for about two seconds, it was replaced by a very wide arc of brilliant l