> On 3/18/07, Jake Anderson wrote: >> Sounds like a blimp. Orbit is really long way away (100km minimum) it'd >> have to be *really* big to be resolved as anything more than a point of >> light even with binoculars. >> Blimp? There was a famous one once; ECHO1. As Wikipedia says, it could be seen all over the earth as it orbited. I remember seeing it and relating to the idea that as an earthling, I was viewing an orbiting satellite in space. At the time, I had just finished most of Heinlein's pre-60's work. So it seemed like an indicator that we would surely be living on the moon by the 90's. What happened? As for UFO's... http://www.jsayers.com/thingpart/thingpart10.html -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist