Very large satellite appearance.

EVENT DATE

Sep 14, 2014, 8:47 PM

LOCATION

Cashmere, WA, USA

NUFORC FIELDS

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DURATION (NUFORC)

25 seconds(00:00:25)

WITNESSES (NUFORC)

1.0

CHARACTERISTICS (NUFORC)

NaN

NARRATIVE

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/IridiumFlares.aspx?lat=47.5223&lng=-120.4698&loc=Cashmere&alt=241&tz=PST
Sighting of Iridium #70 at 20:45 hrs..  See www.Heavens-above link below.  PD

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