37.474464°N 97.243932°W: Mulvane KS

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Chapter 64 of the Dao De Jing, ascribed to Laozi.

NUFORC Sighting 29351

Occurred: 2003-05-22 22:35 Local
Reported: 2003-06-23 01:38 Pacific
Duration: 10 sec
No of observers: 1
Location: Wichita/Mulvane, KS, USA
Shape: Other
Summary: A "star" was moving fast, but not too fast in a telescope.

“I was stargazing with a telescope and one of the "stars" was moving diagonally. The tripod was free and I tracked the object till it left the horizon. its speed was very fast. I could just barely keep it in the viewfinder, but both my girlfriend and I saw it. I have seen satelites before and this was MUCH faster than one of them and this was far slower than a meteorite. There were several witnesses with me and the object was not visible to the naked eye. In the telescope the object's size and magnitude was that of a +4 star. Again, I tracked the object in the viewfinder and my girlfriend just saw it for about a second, and it moved in a northern direction.”

Posted 2003-07-16