Seeing a light traveling due north from directly overhead at a slow pace, it suddenly flared up incredibly bright and then just went out

EVENT DATE

Jul 18, 2005, 10:00 PM

LOCATION

Salem, OR, USA

NUFORC FIELDS

SHAPE

Flash

DURATION (NUFORC)

5-7 seconds(00:00:05)

WITNESSES (NUFORC)

1.0

CHARACTERISTICS (NUFORC)

NaN

Probably the flare from an Iridium satellite.  PD

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