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Flash over Canberra (Australia) · Australia

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I am an avid night sky observer and was using a Nikon 10X50 60 degree binoculars last night to observe various star constellations in our southern Australian sky. For instance, I have observed the International Space Station about 30 times, so I am familiar with the brightness and movement of the ISS. The object I observed last night did not move or have a trail like a meteorite. My daughter was observing the Pleiades star cluster and noticed the bright light appearing and disappearing as well. I would be interested if anyone else observed this object here in Australia. Thanks for your effort tracking these observations. Possible flare of an Iridium satellite. PD

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #132356). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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