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Considerations for viewing objects in the sky and their altitude:
The formula to calculate how far a person can see an object from a
higher altitude is the square root of the altitude multiplied by 1.225.
Commercial planes fly between 35,000 and 43,000 feet.
One degree of latitude is about 69 miles. This is a spherical value and will stay consistent with view angle calculations
One degree of longitude can be tricky because it is based on vertical slices and the longitude viewing distance
will change depending on the latitude location.
At the maximum viewing distance, the object may appear to be on the horizon to one viewer, and directly above to another.
This would result in two reports at two different locations. One may see a bright sphere and the other a faint light.
Therefore, exact earth longitude and latitude viewing coordinates do not directly correlate to the UAP location
