Orb UAP, Tasmania (UAP Files Podcast) [Tumbling Satellite]

[flarkey]

So our friend @UAPF has posted an interview with Kathleen Murray, a forensic scientist from Tasmania. She has recorded video of an unexplainable orb UAP seen whilst stargazing with nightvison binoculars. The UAP is described as "a bright, pulsing orb flying through the sky at speed.".

The following is a conversation with Dr. Kathleen Murray, a powerhouse of scientific expertise and curiosity from Tasmania, Australia. She holds a PhD in Forensic Soil Science, along with degrees in Geoscience, Teaching, and Arts, and has worked across forensic science, biosecurity, law enforcement and education—if it involves science, she's done it!But don't let her credentials fool you—she's also got a great sense of humour, having once won the (in)famous title of Owner of the World's Ugliest Lawn. While her gardening skills might be questionable, her passion for the unknown is undeniable.In this episode, we dive into her thoughts on UFOs and UAPs, explore potential origins, and review an incredible piece of footage she captured—a bright, pulsing orb flying through the sky at speed. Beyond being a dedicated scientist, Kathleen is also a devoted mother and conservationist. This was fun conversation with a natural born inquisitive mind.

This is the interview, but the 'orb' is below:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqbyUtvAGhQ&t=723s&ab_channel=UAPFilesPodcast%F0%9F%9B%B8


The full video of the 'Orb' is here:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3E3Q0cF79Q&ab_channel=UAPFilesPodcast%F0%9F%9B%B8


Looks like a few starlink satellites in there with the big flashing one likely to be a tumbling satellite, lets investigate....

Location
Sandford, Tasmania, Australia. I haven't geolocated her house specifically, so we'll just use the centre of the town as coordinates.

-42.94061454196678, 147.4953008697571

Time & Date
The camera has a time overlay that shows 4 March 2025 at 23:37hrs local time, which would be UTC+11.

Where in the sky are we looking?
Astronomy.net was able to identify the stars in the video as part of the constellation Phoenix.

https://nova.astrometry.net/user_images/12173884#annotated

The Phoenix constellation would have been visible from Sandford towards the south-southwest, at the date and time of the video, as viewed in stellarium.

Satellite Data
Other than the thought that some of the satellites in the video were Starlink, we have no idea which type of satellite the pulsing orb might be. So I downloaded the full-set of all satellite orbital data (TLEs) from Space Track.org for the date 4 March 2025 at the following link. File is also attached.

https://www.space-track.org/basicsp...-03-04/orderby/NORAD_CAT_ID,EPOCH/format/3le/

Using Stellarium and aligning the Starlink satellites in the video I was able to determine that the camera's clock overlay was about 14 seconds slow. When a 14sec offset is applied the Starlink satellites match up exactly with satelites in Stellarium. And when the "bright, pulsing orb" flies through the sky at speed we can see that it matches exactly with the position and motion of the Iridium 5 satellite.

In this video I have synchronised @UAPF 's video with my own Stellarium playback,

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P04Is8m0Pmo&feature=youtu.be

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium_satellite_constellation

https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=24795

So i think that is a slam-dunk-debunk.

 

[flarkey]

Iridium 5 is a known tumbling satellite:

https://catchtheiridium.com/gallery/?contest=photo-detail&photo_id=1745

The attached TLE file includes only Starlink and Iridium 5 to remove some of the other non-illuminated satellites from the realtime view.

Plus it is now in Sitrec: Sitrec Permalink

With 'Satellite arrows' enabled the path of Iridium 5 is noticably different to the nearby Starlink satellites:

And an overview of the path of Iridium 5 from In-the-sky.org: