(December 24, 2014 at 9:25 pm)abaris Wrote:(December 24, 2014 at 9:19 pm)Zen Badger Wrote: Ok, it definitely wasn't the ISS, we've seen that many times from our back yard and what we saw last was much larger and brighter. Also the speed with which it went behind the house next doors roof shows it wasn't at that great an altitude(maybe a couple of thousand feet).
To judge height at night, you would have to have at least some concept of size. And speed may be as deceptive, since you can't possibly be positive of height.
True that, but it was easy to tell from the way it acted that it wasn't in orbit.
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If you're not supposed to ride faster than your guardian angel can fly then mine had better get a bloody SR-71.
