04-21-2016, 07:39 PM
Paul - would you say the flashes were moving more to the south or north compared to the ISS's trajectory? I have my own opinion, but given the flashes I saw were quite random, I couldn't tell for sure. I don't want to provide my own opinion of the direction as I'd like an independent observation, hope you understand.
The flashes I saw weren't just a sudden flash of light, they may have lasted a second or so but two of the three I saw brightened and then dimmed - typical of a rapidly tumbling piece of large debris in orbit.
I double checked the iridium flare database. There was one that would have been visible from my location, but several minutes before you or I saw the flashes, so I'm confident in ruling that explanation out.
Definitely very unusual but think it was debris.
The flashes I saw weren't just a sudden flash of light, they may have lasted a second or so but two of the three I saw brightened and then dimmed - typical of a rapidly tumbling piece of large debris in orbit.
I double checked the iridium flare database. There was one that would have been visible from my location, but several minutes before you or I saw the flashes, so I'm confident in ruling that explanation out.
Definitely very unusual but think it was debris.