About 3 years back I was off on my Aunt and Uncles farm in Saskatchewan. There are no air force bases anywhere near (closest is 200km away), and no major airports (closest is about 200km in the opposite direction of the base). Closest town is about 10km away. So its really dark, like no lights anywhere dark, just the stars and moon (thought I can't remember if they were out).
There were about 6 of us outside and we were looking for shooting starts. We saw what looked like a satellite, just larger, and moving about the same speed as the other satellites. It started to grow larger and brighter as it moved across the sky, and by this point we were all watching it. By the time it was roughly half way across the sky it was as large as plane lights appear to be on a commercial flight flying at cruising altitudes. So needless to say, this was incredibly large for what we once mistook as a satellite.
Up until this point the object was flying in a straight path, then it suddently veered off by about 30-45 degrees and picked up incredible speed. The object then flashed very brightly, angled this time in the opposite direction of the previous course change, to bring it about 30-45 degrees in the other direction of its original course, and zipped off very, very fast. The object disappeared from sight due to being too far away in about 1 seconds time.
Keep in mind there were several of us who saw this, all completely sober, and ranging in age from roughly 16-50.
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Originally Posted by RonRyan85
Thanks for helping me get it up.
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Yea she helps me out with that sometimes too, haha
Just kidding, please don't smite me