From: James Smith <zeus001002.nul>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 09:00:00 -0800 (PST)
Fwd Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:16:23 -0500
Subject: Re: Filers Files #13 - 2004 - Smith


>From: George A. Filer <Majorstar.nul>
>To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <ufoupdates.nul>
>Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:09:44 -0500
>Subject: Filers Files #13 - 2004

>Hawaii - Distant Moving Star

>KEAAU  The witness got his coffee at 5:30 PM, and looked at a
>star filled sky on February 27, 2004, and sat down to enjoy the
>beauty or the stars, and noticed one was moving. It flew east
>and was a medium size star, but it just kept moving and I had to
>get up and go to the other side of house to follow it. There was
>no sound, and it seemed to be very high up in the atmosphere.
>Although it seemed to slow down a times, its path seemed to be
>fairly straight in the late afternoon sky.
>Thanks to Peter Davenport UFOcenter

I am not sure how Mr. Filer made this mistake, but the UFO
report is incorrect.

=46rom the REAL report at NUFORC:

http://www.nuforc.org/webreports/035/S35292.html

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Occurred : 2/27/2004 05:30 (Entered as : 02/27/1904 5:30)
Reported: 2/27/2004 7:45:54 AM 07:45
Posted: 3/2/2004
Location: Keaau, HI
Shape: Light
Duration:several minutes Looked like a distant moving star, kept going.

I had gotten up, had my coffee and came outside. It was dark,
warm and breezy and a starfilled sky. I pulled out a chair and
sat down to just enjoy the beauty of the early morning. As I
gazed up at the stars, I noticed one was moving and it just kept
going, sort of west to east I'd say. It was like a medium size
star, but it just kept moving and I had to get up and go to
other side of house to follow it. Was it a satellite? There was
no sound, and it seemed to be very high up in the atmosphere.
Although it seemed to slow down a times, I can't really really
say for sure. The path seemed to be fairly straight. Then I lost
sight of it in the east."

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Anyway, analysis shows this to be likely a satellite.

The following satellite is the only one that is visible at +-30
min from 5:30 am which is going anywhere near West to East at
that spot and day.

http://home.earthlink.net/%7Ezeus001002/keaau1.jpg


Name: Palapa 6 Rocket 3.3 
Magnitude Time: 05:40:00
Alt.0=B0 W  05:41:42 74=B0 N   
Az.05:45:36 10=B0 ENE