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From: IO00672@maine.maine.edu (Sloth)
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Subject: Re: Aviation Leak Article on "Black" Aircraft Programs
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Date: 11 Oct 90 05:13:01 GMT
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From:    IO00672@maine.maine.edu (Sloth)
>There are persistent reports of a very high-speed aircraft that have
>been seen crossing the night sky without emitting any sort of engine
>noise or sonic boom. Observers report seeing a single bright light
>(which sometimes pulsates) pass through the night sky at very high
>altitudes (in excess of 50,000 feet) over Nevada at an extremely
>rapid rate. Some reports claim that the aircraft was able to cross
>some "350 miles of night sky" in only six minutes (corresponding to
>a speed of 3500 mph). This aircraft may actually be the same object
>as the "pulser" described above.

What you got here sounds like a satellite. If you go somewhere where
there is very little "light pollution," such as on a mountaintop (or
in the middle of the Navada desert) you can observe all sorts of
satellites whizzing by. They take roughly six minutes to cross the
sky, depending on the orbit.

Some satellites are not equally reflective on all sides. When they
rotate, their brightness varies which results in the "pulsating"
effect.

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Malcolm Fuller                     Email: MALCOLMF@MECAN1.BITNET
Surveying Engineering Department          IO00672@MAINE.MAINE.EDU
University of Maine

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