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Originally Posted by Buzzard

Hey Neeper...I saw something similar here last week (minus the s turns). I told my wife about it the next day, so she can vouch!

I think it would have been about last Wednesday at around 8 or 9 pm., a nice clear evening. I was finishing work, fueling up my truck. Where I fuel it's very dark, not a lot of light around, so I often get a good look at the night sky without much light in the way. In the western sky I noticed a fairly bright light, slowly moving across the sky due east. It kind of caught my eye because there was no flashing lights that you would see on a plane. It was like the same height as say a 35,000 foot airplane, but moving quicker, and no flashing or twinkling at all, just a solid white light. My uneducated opinion therefore detemined that it likely wasn't a satellite either, as they usually are less bright, move slower, look more like a moving star. I watched it the whole time as it moved right over top of me, then at say 1 o clock from where I was standing, toward the eastern sky it just quickly vanished. The light dimmed for about 5-10 seconds first, then poof....it was gone. I stood there for a minute or so after, kind of dumbfounded, almost waiting for it to reappear, but whatever it was it was gone.

I dont have a clue what it might have been. Kind of unspectacular as far as UFO's go I guess. I'm quite certain it wasn't a plane. Planes dont disappear. Some kind of space junk that burnt up maybe, I dunno. Thing is the speed of it was consistent right across the sky over top of me, not like it was falling. Weird, who knows.

Buzzard, I'm pretty sure you saw the International Space Station. It can appear very bright in the night sky (similar brightness to Venus) and depending on your position relative it's path, it can take several minutes for it to transit from horizon to horizon. For example, it can up to 7 minutes if it's passing directly overhead. It travels from west to east. Here's a link to ISS passes visible from the Calgary area over the next couple of days. BTW, the more negative the Magnitude, the brighter it will appear.

http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSum...cojfhhnbjiookc