| ID | #1689934403 |
| Added | Fri, 21/07/2023 |
| Author | July N. |
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| Status | Result
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Initial data
Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010
Time: 20:30
Location: Glen Innes, Auckland, North Island
Features/Characteristics: big bright white light
Description:
The duration of aiming is 50-60 seconds. Clear sky, a few stars.
Two witnesses observed a large bright light, brighter and larger than the satellite, moving across the sky north of Auckland in a direction from west to east. The witnesses were curious, as they believed that these were not the landing lights of the plane because of its size and speed.
Original news
Date: Thursday 15 April 2010
Time: 8.30 pm
Location: Glen Innes, Auckland, North Island
Features/characteristics: large bright white light
Description:
Duration of sighting 50 to 60 seconds. Clear sky, some stars.
Two witnesses observed a large bright light, brighter and larger than a satellite, moving across the sky north of Auckland, in a west to east direction. The witnesses felt curiosity as they believed it was not the landing lights of an aircraft due to its size and speed
Hypotheses
Satellite
Ordinary satellites, which often look like single, not very bright luminous dots moving smoothly in the night sky, are quite often mistaken for UFOs. After the Starlink satellites (near-Earth satellite systems developed by SpaceX, in order to create a cheap and high-performance satellite Internet communication channel and technical transmitters for receiving and transmitting signals from earth and orbit) were launched, it became possible to observe groups of satellites (up to 60 pieces) flying one after another.
Events
Rocket launches (from space.skyrocket.de)
- Site: Satish Dhawan Space Center (Sriharikota Space Center), Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh (India) Vehicle: GSLV Mk.2(1) Payload: GSat 4
Investigation
The ISS always moves from west to east and makes one revolution in about an hour and a half.
Resume
Satellite
Ordinary satellites, which often look like single, not very bright luminous dots moving smoothly in the night sky, are quite often mistaken for UFOs. After the Starlink satellites (near-Earth satellite systems developed by SpaceX, in order to create a cheap and high-performance satellite Internet communication channel and technical transmitters for receiving and transmitting signals from earth and orbit) were launched, it became possible to observe groups of satellites (up to 60 pieces) flying one after another.
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