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Yes sir, this is Hitson Baton Rouge.

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Yes sir.

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And I just spotted something I was curious about.

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I called the airport and they didn't seem to spot anything on their radar so I thought

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I'd check with you.

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At 845 Eastern, or maybe like 7 times, Louisiana, I'd say I picked up a plane.

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I picked up an object which I thought was a huge star for a second the way it was moving

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and then it just cleared across the entire sky, south to north.

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Almost due to magnetic south to north and it cleared the sky in about two minutes and

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it had about the same magnitude as a small star.

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What I saw.

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I thought I saw a little red light like you see on normal airplanes.

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Yes.

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But it didn't.

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There was no flashing or anything.

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I was wondering if anything had been reported or if there's a satellite that travels that

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direction.

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Okay.

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Now you said it went, would this be horizon to horizon in two minutes?

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Right.

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Well what I saw, let's see, I picked it up about 20 degrees off the southern horizon and I

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guess our launch is about the same spot than northern horizon.

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Well that could eliminate the satellite right there.

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It's much too fast.

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The way it moved is unbelievable.

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Okay.

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Now what color was that object again?

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It had about the same color as a star.

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I see.

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Okay.

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I guess you call it a white blue.

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Right.

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And I thought I picked up a hint of red with it.

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That's why I just kind of followed it.

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I noticed how fast it was moving.

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I couldn't take my eyes off of it.

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I don't know exactly what my latitude of launch to it is here but I'm at Central Baton Rouge

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and it just came to my knowledge what is due south to due north.

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Okay.

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Did that deviate from a straight line course at all?

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I thought it had but I don't believe it did.

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It seemed to have a straight line course and that's why I thought possibly it could have

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been a satellite.

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No.

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I thought that's much too fast for a satellite.

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But like I say it did seem to have this red tint.

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You can see it on one side and then later on my eyes aren't as good as they should be

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but the red seemed to shift not like a blink or anything but it like one time it seemed

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like it was on the left side of the object and then the next time it seemed like it was

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on the right side of the object.

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I feel that it was quite high.

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Right.

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I would say of course not normal size it was but I saw a plane fly by later and I'd say

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at least three possibly four times as high.

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Okay.

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Well we haven't had any reports of that so far.

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That elevation would that be out of radar range or out of normal radar scanning?

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Yeah.

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Normal scanning yes but probably for the much more powerful radar which is the North American

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Air Defense Command they would be able to pick up something like that but then that all comes

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under classification top secret anyway.

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Correct.

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Sir I wouldn't hear back from you anyhow would I?

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Pardon?

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I wouldn't hear back from you and find out what it was if they did spot it.

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Well not from them.

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No I doubt that very much.

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Right.

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I do get any information on it while I will get back to you and let you know about it.

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Alright.

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Thank you very much.

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Okay.

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Where did you get our number again?

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I called the FAA at the Cardigan Airport here in Baton Rouge.

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Alright sir thank you again.

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Good day.

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Bye.