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SUBJECT: THE OGRE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED ! FILE: UFO2745
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The 'OGRE' has been identified!
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On the morning of August 6th at 4:05 am EDT Norman W. McLeod III and
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Robert Reifer were out observing the Aquarid/Perseid meteor showers when
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they noticed a 3rd magnitude flash near RA 22:55, DEC +10. The flash
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lasted approximately 5 seconds and showed little motion to the naked eye.
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On the morning of the 7th at 4:25 am they again saw the flash in the same
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area.
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On the morning of the 8th they were prepared with a telescope and at 4:45
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am they again saw the flash. Robert proceeded to get the object in the
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telescope and watched as the object faded to about 10th magnitude. He
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then followed it in a southernly direction. With Robert following it in
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the scope Norman saw it brighten again to 3rd magnitude and Robert
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verified that it did. The object proceeded to fade again to about 10th
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magnitude. This pattern was repeated 4 more times with the object being
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lost at about RA 23:10, DEC -8. At this time I do not know how long a
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period there was between flashes. The brightest flash was about 2nd
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magnitude with the rest of the flashes peaking at about 3rd magnitude and
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lasting approximately 5 seconds.
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The object producing these flashes appears to be a polar orbit satellite
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in a period of 24 hours and 20 minutes. Norman predicts that they will
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see the flashes again at 5:05 am EDT on the morning of the 9th and at
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5:25 am EDT on the morning of the 10th. If anyone else is able to check
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for these flashes from other parts of the country it would be greatly
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appreciated. The observing location is located at LAT 26 deg 32 min and
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LONG 81 deg 30 min south of Lehigh Acres, Fla.
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Please send any reports to:
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Norman W. McLeod
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4232 Scott Ave.
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Ft. Myers, FL 33905
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This may finally settle the identity of the "OGRE". We couldn't identify
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it as being a satellite because the only previous flashing satellites we
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had seen were known to be geo-synchronous satellites. They had followed
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the 24 hour 20 minute period however but they varied in intensity with
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one bright flash followed by a half dozen or so naked eye flashes with
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each one being a magnitude or so fainter. They were then followed in the
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scope for another half dozen or so flashes until they leveled off at 9th
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or 10th magnitude. They were definitely geo-synchronous because the
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scope had to be locked in position with the motors off and they could be
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followed for an hour or so.
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We are still wondering what is causing the flash on the satellite. I have
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been told that lasers are used for position verification but I would like
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someone to either support or deny that positively. Sunlight could also be
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doing it but why for only a short period?
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In response to anyone saying that what they saw had only one flash and as
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such couldn't have been a satellite like this take note of the first two
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nights of sightings, Norman and Robert only saw it once. On the third
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night when they were able to see where it was going did they finally see
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it more than once. From personal experience observing many hours with
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these two observers for them to have missed the secondary flashes means
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that a lot of others could also have missed them. Norman can spot
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anything out of the ordinary faster than anyone else I know.
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I will update this with Norman's report for the 9th and 10th.
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Brian Risley
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