On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 17:36:17 -0000, Brendan DJ Murphy wrote:

Did you make a note of the exact time that your saw it?
It could have been whats called an "Iridium Flare"

An Iridium Flare is a rotating satellite with large solar panels.

I didn't think Iridium sats rotated well not like some do but
maintained a fixed attitude relative to the ground and it was this
that enabled the prediction of the "flares" to be very accurate.

An iridium flare doesn't last long maybe 5 or 10s at most and aren't
that long in the sky, two or three fingers width at arms length. I'd
expect a fireball to be have amuch longer track length.

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