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From: Michel M. Deschamps <ufoman@ican.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 22:35:43 -0400
Fwd Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 08:41:12 -0400
Subject: Re: Satellite Question


>Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 12:37:39 -0400
>From: Scott C. Carr <sardonica@erols.com>
>To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net>
>Subject: Satellite Question

>Here's one that I can't seem to find an answer for, so I'm
>hoping that someone more knowledgeable than me can fill in this
>blank.

>Why is it that we can see satellites? (Or at least some
>satellites?) Do they reflect the light of the Sun? Or do they
>have lights of their own? If they do have lights, why? What
>purpose do they serve?

Dear Scott,

Satellites do not have lights, flashing or otherwise.  The light
from the Sun reflecs off their surface just like it does off the
surface of the Moon.

Michel M. Deschamps
MUFON Provincial Section Director &
UFO Researcher/Historian