Live Intercept Case ID: 86f652b5

SIGHTING: CANBERRA (AUSTRALIA),

Sighted On

Saturday 28. January 2017

Reported On

Friday 03. February 2017

Classification

Flash

Duration

1 second

Witness Testimony

" My daughter and I where observing the Pleiades star cluster last night at 23:00, when was a bright light appeared, brighten to the luminosity of a meteorite, then faded to disappeared within one second. It was almost like a meteorite was coming directly to us which is possible but highly unlikely.I am an avid night sky observer and was using a Nikon 10X50 60 degree binoculars last night to observe various star constellations in our southern Australian sky. For instance, I have observed the International Space Station about 30 times, so I am familiar with the brightness and movement of the ISS. The object I observed last night did not move or have a trail like a meteorite.My daughter was observing the Pleiades star cluster and noticed the bright light appearing and disappearing as well.I would be interested if anyone else observed this object here in Australia.Thanks for your effort tracking these observations.((NUFORC Note: Possible flare of an Iridium satellite. PD)) "

Source: NUFORC

Intelligence Discussion

Coordinates

Latitude

-35.2809°

Longitude

149.13°

Technical Specs

Classification Flash

Duration 1 second

Source NUFORC

Case Number #132356

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Location	Sighted on	Shape	Duration
canberra	2020-09-06	round	approx 1 minute
Scullin, Australian Capital Territory (Australia)	2020-01-30	Cigar	00:07:25
Scullin, Australian Capital Territory (Australia)	2020-01-30	Cylinder	00:07:20
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Canberra (Australia),	2017-01-28	Flash	1 second
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (Australia)	2016-05-18	Blimp	00:40:03
Curtin, Australian Capital Territory (Australia)	2015-07-12	Star-like	Undisclosed
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (Australia)	2015-03-15	Disc	Undisclosed
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Adaminaby, New South Wales (Australia)	2008-03-09	Unknown	Undisclosed
Canberra (Australia)	2008-02-25	Circle	20 minutes
Canberra (Australia)	2007-07-19	Formation	10 seconds
Australian Capital Territory (Australia)	2007-05-12	Triangle	15-30
Canberra (Australia)	2006-05-05	Circle	15 minutes approx
Canberra (Australia)	2006-03-03	Diamond	15 min
Goulburn (Australia)	2005-03-07	Oval	10 minutes
Canberra (Australia)	2005-03-04	Circle	8 minutes
Canberra (Australia)	2004-01-12	Circle	1.oo
Canberra (Australia)	2003-06-11	Changing	1 minute
Canberra (Australia), .	2003-03-19	Cigar	20seconds
Canberra (Australia)	2003-02-11	Formation	30 seconds
Canberra (Australia)	2002-11-22	Disk	1 minute
Mitchell (Australia)	2002-10-22	Cylinder	10 sec
Australia (rural)	2002-10-12	Other	7 minutes
Canberra (Australia)	2002-08-08	Light	2 minuts
Canberra (Australia)	2001-06-20	Teardrop	3 hrs
Canberra (Australia)	1996-11-25
Canberra (Australia)	1995-09-30	Light	1 minute
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (Australia)	1992-12-31	Cylinder
Canberra (Australia)	1992-04-22	Cone	2 minutes
Canberra (Australia)	1981-01-15	Disk	1 hour