What would a large orange glowing moving ball of light in the night sky be?

26 Nov 2009

26 Nov, 2009 Moving

Bradenton, Florida, 3/15/08, 2:15am. Driving, saw a large orange glowing ball in the sky. It proceeded to move east, slowly descending, but moving rather quickly across the sky. After a few seconds of glowing, it moved farther away and the glow lightened and in a few minutes dissapeared completely. WHAT did we just see?

If the object moved in a straight line, and was visible for 1-5 minutes, moving west-to-east–it could be a satellite. If it flashed or glowed brightly, maybe a meteor or some object decending into the atmosphere.
It was not the space shuttle/ISS. The Bradenton schedules for those are on the link below.

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Christina -
2009 Nov 26 1

a plane!!

your hoping an alian space craft… well VERY unlikely!
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TBD
2009 Nov 26 2

If the object moved in a straight line, and was visible for 1-5 minutes, moving west-to-east–it could be a satellite. If it flashed or glowed brightly, maybe a meteor or some object decending into the atmosphere.
It was not the space shuttle/ISS. The Bradenton schedules for those are on the link below.
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http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/view.cgi?country=United_States&region=Florida&city=Bradenton
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2009 Nov 26 3

Moving east, glowing orange, and visible in the sky for a few minutes then descending and disappearing, from Florida, at 2:15am…hmmm.

The Miami Heat B-ball team perhaps.
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NJGuy
2009 Nov 26 4

In all likelihood you saw either the International Space Station and the space shuttle or some other satellite passing overhead.
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Erica S
2009 Nov 26 5

A Chinese lantern in the wind?
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NightStep
2009 Nov 26 6

How close was it? and is there any other details that you can describe?
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