Strange transit.
Hello all.
Had the pleasure of strolling through cheltenham the other night (the 17th), it was about 22.45 local time. Throughout the day I had been staring into the sky hoping to spy some aircraft inbound or outbound from RAF Fairford. Anyway I looked up and by chance there was something in the sky. Due to it being dark I couldnt ascertain height or type. The wierd thing was that this speck was orange in colour, about 2 - 3 times the size of a star and was transiting very slowly from east to west. At first I thought it could be a hot air balloon, however I then reasoned it would be rather foolish to fly a hot air ballon at night! It couldn't have been a military aircraft as it was going much too slow. I dont think it was a sattelite reflecting sunlight as A it was orange and B it was visible from one end of the horizon to the other.
If anyone has any idea what it could have been please let me know.
TS