UFO near stirling

[Astrophotographer]

I couldn't find the ISS orbit but I did find information which suggests it is daylight visible:

http://satobs.org/seesat/Jul-2004/0209.html

I think the thing to look for would be its speed as much as anything as if we know how fast the ISS goes we might be able to make a judgement.

I doubt it was ISS. The ISS usually does not have such a slow angular rate and the time 1635 is daytime. You have to have some keen eyes to catch it. I have tried daytime iridium flares and have had no luck even with the predicted peak magnitude of -6! I think the satellite theory is a bust. There just aren't any really bright and high satellites that could have produced the object. Additionally, the object went in a westward direction. Most satellites move north-south, south-north, and west-east. Very few move east-west. I believe it has to do with using more thrust to get them into orbit against the earth's rotation.

 

[Soapy Sam]

I ran the Nasa skysearch applet. It checked 313 satellites including the ISS for central Scotland at that date and time.
No match.

 

[wipeout]

Actually you gave data for the 23rd but the 22nd is similar with winds from the south and southwest in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

That puzzled me for a moment as I'd triple-checked it before I posted it. Then I realized... it's a rolling archive.

They change the links all the time. My links were for the 22nd, you saw them when they're the 23rd and tomorrow they'll be the 24th.

So I gave the correct link at the time but I didn't think that they actually change it.

However, Leuchers, which is to the northeast of Stirling had winds from the east and southeast during this time period so we really can not say the exact wind direction for the time in question.

I know coasts can have they're own winds as land and sea absorb heat differently during the day and night. Not sure if that matters here, though.

Additionally, you are correct that winds aloft could differ from winds at ground level.

Yeah, we'd need air pressure chart of Scotland for the 22nd to judge it better I think.