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Posted on 07/01/2008 1:17:23 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
From Hollywood Hills to the Nevada state line, people reported seeing a fireball streaking across the sky and falling near the San Bernardino Mountains this morning, officials said.
San Bernardino County Fire Dispatch reported receiving dozens of calls related to what was described as fireball moving at high speed and falling in northwest sky around 10:40 a.m.
"We got quite a few reports. It started with a gentlemen in the Lake Arrowhead reporting a fireball in the Meadow Bay area and then we started getting calls from all over," said San Bernardino County dispatch supervisor Tom Barnes. "Fire crews in Barstow and on I-15 near Stateline came up on the radio and reported an object in the sky moving very fast across the northern sky and described it as yellowish green in color with streaks of debris. It looked like it burned up before it hit the ground."
Barnes said the department has "basically determined it was most likely not an aircraft and was probably man made or a meteor entering the Earth's atmosphere."
Most of the reports were in Riverside and San Bernardino, but a few people reported seeing the fireball as far west as the Hollywood Hills.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
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Goodness! Gracious! Great balls o’ fire!
Anyone recall the opening scene of the 1951 War of the Worlds? Same kind of phenomena in the same area. Just a thought for the day.
Huh...right around the 4th of July, too. How...^conicidental^.
Second time in about as many months for people to see DAY TIME fireballs. That’s abby normal.
Anyone recall the opening scene of the 1951 War of the Worlds? Same kind of phenomena in the same area. Just a thought for the day.
Let’s grab some white flags and go say “Hi”.
Uh, construction industry personnel initiating more fires....?
Just joking...........sort of.
So *that* is where my modified Estes rocket went.
Don't get my hopes up. I bet there'll still be an election in November.
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Did Al Gore break wind in his Gulfstream?
Sure, that is what they always say, right before the invasion.
BTW, I don't know who this guy is, but his scaled version of the Estes Fat Boy is the ultimate in rocket club geek chic.
Is that guy behind Chia Head holding him up, or picking off lice?
I noticed that too. I thought he was holding him steady, maybe.
Huh. This morning at 2 a.m I was standing on my deck looking up at the sky. It was a beautiful night, no moon, really clear. I saw a huge meteor, I guess, it actually left a contrail. Is that normal? I mean for a meteor to leave a contrail? And no I don’t normally stand outside looking up at the sky at 2 in the morning.
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