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Was a Rocket just Launched?! (saw it at 2:30AM from Illinois)

Posted on 07/14/2005 1:00:09 AM PDT by DollarBill

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1 posted on 07/14/2005 1:00:10 AM PDT by DollarBill
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To: DollarBill

I am in central Illinois and I heard something about that time.


2 posted on 07/14/2005 1:01:53 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: DollarBill

It could have been a bolide.


3 posted on 07/14/2005 1:02:59 AM PDT by Prince Charles
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To: Graybeard58

Hi, I'm in mid Missouri. Can you see me waving? Howdy neighbor.


4 posted on 07/14/2005 1:03:22 AM PDT by wildcatf4f3 (whats wrong with a draft?)
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To: DollarBill; Lijahsbubbe; aculeus; dighton; kingattax; martin_fierro; hellinahandcart

This thread has potential.

5 posted on 07/14/2005 1:03:41 AM PDT by Thinkin' Gal
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To: Prince Charles

What is a bolide?


6 posted on 07/14/2005 1:04:12 AM PDT by DollarBill
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To: wildcatf4f3

My wife tells me that the way I type people will hear me in the next state.


7 posted on 07/14/2005 1:05:31 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: DollarBill

It's not the shuttle -- that won't launch until Saturday -- maybe.

I couldn't find anything in the news.


8 posted on 07/14/2005 1:05:49 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: DollarBill

A very bright meteor.


9 posted on 07/14/2005 1:05:53 AM PDT by AntiGuv (™)
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To: DollarBill

Wasn't the shuttle, the next window of opportunity for a shuttle launch is July 16 at the earliest. With so much "space junk" floating around in low Earth orbit, they have to take that into consideration when launching a shuttle, as NASA tracks space junk just like any other moving object in space.


10 posted on 07/14/2005 1:07:14 AM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (Whop-bobaloobop a WHOP BAM BOOM!!)
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To: DollarBill

A bolide is a meteor that passes thru the earth's atmosphere but doesn't strike the earth. It is usually flaming and sometimes has sound. (Often they keep right on going back into space).


11 posted on 07/14/2005 1:07:22 AM PDT by Prince Charles
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12 posted on 07/14/2005 1:08:01 AM PDT by Pro-Bush (We're not vigilantes! We're undocumented Border Patrol agents!)
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To: Thinkin' Gal

No, no... take the tin-foil off. This reminds me of when we had the earthquake in the middle of night (yes, in Illinois) and I went to FR and sure enough, someone had posted the question, was there just an earthquake in Illinois".

I've seen nighttime rockets before, most recently while in Sanibel Island during the last week in April. This was very similar.

Go ahead and put your tin-foil back on, if you must... But, I know it was some kind of rocket.


13 posted on 07/14/2005 1:08:37 AM PDT by DollarBill
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To: Prince Charles
It is usually flaming and sometimes has sound.

Sort of like a homo.

14 posted on 07/14/2005 1:10:01 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: DollarBill

Or, maybe a fighter climbing with afterburners ignited?


15 posted on 07/14/2005 1:10:35 AM PDT by Prince Charles
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To: DollarBill
It was Ala.
Finally it's over.
16 posted on 07/14/2005 1:11:50 AM PDT by MaxMax (God Bless America)
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To: Prince Charles; DollarBill

I saw one about 25 years ago. It came and went in about 20 to 30 seconds but I don't remember any sound. I've since been told there can be sound but not to the degree you describe, Dollar Bill. How long was it in your view and did it disappear?


17 posted on 07/14/2005 1:12:14 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: Prince Charles

Regarding a bolide, that is very interesting... It appeared to be on a long trajectory, but continued to increase in altitude. Since I was directly "downwind" from it, as it went by, I could see the flames, and the white-to-red-to-yellow discoloration from the atmosphere and the relatively straight line that it traveled. I actually went outside my house and watched it for a good 5 minutes.


18 posted on 07/14/2005 1:13:55 AM PDT by DollarBill
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To: DollarBill

re. Prince Charles' question, you have any fighter bases around there, Navy, Marine Corps or Air Force that could have scrambled at 2:30AM? Probably somewhere to the southwest of you given your reported flight trajectory.


19 posted on 07/14/2005 1:14:45 AM PDT by John Valentine
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To: leadpenny

There's a famous video from the late 60s or early 70s of one passing over the Rockies during the day; it was a huge flaming ball and had it struck it would have caused immense damage.


20 posted on 07/14/2005 1:14:54 AM PDT by Prince Charles
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