posted on Jul, 1 2008 @ 07:24 PM
In the interest of the scientific process, I suggest you go to www.heavens-above.com, log in your location, and look to see when [a whole bunch] of
satellites, as well as the ISS are passing within visual range of you. I know that sometimes we've been watching for a particular satellite to come
from one direction, and then another shows up, often from an opposing direction. Sometimes we see blinking things. It's something you should get
to know, in order to form your thinking in an analytical manner. That is, if you know it isn't the ISS, it isn't the Genesis 1 or 2, not the
Evistat, HTS, iridium flares or amateur satellites, then you have some criteria to gauge what you are seeing. Plus, in the process, you'll become
adept at identifying various known phenomenon. It's a good thing. Then, after all that, when you see something that fits outside the parameters of
known aerial phenomenon, you know when to grab the camera, when to pay attention to trajectory and you can share in the wonder, knowing you've
excluded the obvious things.
Cheers