“Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-80 took a crew of five astronauts into a 17 day, 15 hour and 54 minute mission around the earth, the longest flight in the history of this vehicle. During this lengthy flight a very strange event occurred that even had crewman Dr. Story Musgrave unable to explain what he observed from the shuttle windows.
A large disc shaped object appeared below the Columbia. The shuttle was approximately, 190 Nautical miles high.
The disc was first observed to miraculously appear from out of nowhere, flying through the clouds below and progressing from right to left as the astronauts stared in utter amazement. The outer rim of the craft appeared to be rotating counter-clockwise. It was very large (compared to common space junk and breakaway ice), approximately 50 to 150 feet in diameter.”
just for the record, Laura and I finally got ourselves back down there yesterday and while she got to grips with the kneeboard, I was up on the wakeboard and even ended up doing little ollies!! :DIt wasn’t the greatest of weather that day and in no means as nice as the first time we went, but the water was warm and it still kicked UK weurher&tsqao;s arse big time!! Wonder what the watersports at Zell-am-see are like about now.. must be warming up there soon…