On Thu Sep-08-2016 08:54, Paul Quinn (3:640/1384) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
   Hi,   
      
    PQ> On 09/07/2016 07:42 AM, you wrote:   
      
   [...]   
      
    PQ> It's basically the same here, being in the sub-tropics and close to   
    PQ> the east coast.  A lot of our weather is generated either off of   
    PQ> the Pacific ocean or the hot/dry bush to our west.  So, roughly 50%   
    PQ> of the time it's either hot & wet or hot & dusty/smokey.   
      
   Well, I have Lake Pontchartrain and other assorted lakes and streams above me   
   and the Gulf of Mexico below, which sort of means I'm between a rock and a   
   hard place.   
      
    PQ> OTOH there are times in late autumn or early spring where the   
    PQ> weather is postcard perfect.  Cool & dry and the viewing goes to   
    PQ> infinity, seemingly.  It was just such an occasion when I saw what   
    PQ> could only have been an Aurora-type craft, though I did think for a   
    PQ> while I had seen an atmosphere-skipping satellite/space debris   
    PQ> during a re-entry (I did read of an instance of such at about that   
    PQ> time, a month or so later).   
      
   October is my favorite month.  The weather here is usually great and none of   
   the citizenry in this area are oppressed by the humidity, which can be   
   daunting at times.   
      
    PQ> I should fess up & say that I didn't see the actual craft.  It was   
    PQ> much too high, and very fast moving ('gone in 30 seconds').  What I   
    PQ> saw was the characteristic 'wake' of an Aurora.  They don't make   
    PQ> typical contrails.  (This is something I've since seen on a doco   
    PQ> flick of some sort.)  It confirmed what I observed; as if the sky   
    PQ> and sea were inverted, and the craft was making a speedy wake   
    PQ> through the water.   
      
   Then it wasn't donut contrails?  It might have been an SR-71.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
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