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Old 20th Jul 2004, 17:22
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Notso Fantastic
 
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Geostationary orbit is very high altitude- some 16,000 miles above the earth's surface, or thereabouts. You wouldn't see anything there. Above Fairford is an airway going out over South Wales and Ireland, so there is not much scope for high altitude balloons there. All I can think is it was a balloon either at low altitude or high above the airway, illuminated directly by the sun in the late evening sky.
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