[JoJo Gunn]

I'm not impressed with any of the reports either, and especially considering the source, documented as one of the carnival barkers for the kook fringe, plus the fact that MUFON allows any kook into the fold, even one that creates evidence.   

The other, unidentified object overtook and moved past by the ISS. The UFO was moving 2.5 - 3 times faster than the ISS. They were moving in the same general direction but not the exact same heading. It was definately not an airliner as it was moving much faster. It had no colored lights. It had a much dimmer appearance when compaired to the ISS. The UFO was not a constant light but did not blink, more of a random dimming and then back to bright appearance. It was moving in a strait line. We watched them both until they moved out of sight.

I saw the Station go over Friday night, (actually for the last three nights), and at one point, in the same general area of travel, an Iridium flare appeared. I'm still kicking myself for not setting up the camera for a time exposure.   

[Conan the Librarian]

You should double-kick yourself for not posting it afterwards.

[ETL]

I saw the Station go over Friday night, (actually for the last three nights), and at one point, in the same general area of travel, an Iridium flare appeared.

I know Iridium Flares are something different, they involve Iridium satellites, but check this out...

From spaceweather.com for May 27, 2009:
(SpaceWeather.com is a NASA-related website)

SPACE STATION FLARES: Lately, a growing number of observers are reporting intense "flares" coming from the International Space Station (ISS). A typical sighting begins with a normal, sedate flyby: The station soars overhead, cutting silently through the stars with no hint that something extraordinary is about to happen. Then, a startling explosion of light boosts the station's luminosity 10-fold or more. Some observers have witnessed flares of magnitude -8 or twenty-five times brighter than Venus.

On May 22nd, Dutch amateur astronomer Quintus Oostendorp watched a flare through his backyard telescope. A movie he recorded using his Canon 1000D shows what happened (Click to view a 0.7 MB Quicktime movie):

See spaceweather.com for May 27, 2009:
http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=27&month=05&year=2009

Article continues...

The bright flash is sunlight glinting off the station's enormous solar arrays. Earlier this year, on March 20th, astronauts unfurled a new pair of arrays on the space station's starboard side, adding 8000 sq. feet of light-catching surface area to the station's profile. The extra area increases both the chances and the luminosity of flares. "It is a spectacular sight!" says Oostendorp.

No one knows when they will happen or how bright they will be. That's what makes the hunt for "space station flares" so much fun. Check the Simple Satellite Tracker for flyby times--and let the hunt begin!

more flares: from Maximilian Teodorescu of Dumitrana, Romania; from Rafael Schmall of Hungary, Somogy, Kaposfo; from Kevin Kell of Yarker, Ontario, Canada; from Martin Gembec of Litice nad Orlici, Czech Republic; from Nicolas Biver of Versailles, France;

From spaceweather.com for May 27, 2009:
http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=27&month=05&year=2009