SIGHTING: CUSTER, WI

Witness Testimony

"back-tracking satelliteI live in a rural area outside a small city, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, where there is little ambient light. I often sit on my patio and look at the stars and regularly look for – and see – satellites.The other night, I saw a satellite traveling from south to north almost directly above me. Its path was originally like a hashed line. I attributed this to reflective material on one side of the satellite reflecting sunlight as it spun on its orbit. Its path then became solid so I reasoned that the entire satellite was somehow now reflecting the sun.So far, nothing unusual or unexplainable.Then, mysteriously, it totally stopped, backed up about 5°, stopped again, and then proceeded on its original orbit.As many satellites as I’ve observed, I’ve never known one to be able to do that. "