Posted on 04/01/2009 5:27:03 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The U.S. Air Force is dismissing a theory that a mysterious light in the sky this past weekend was the result of a Russian rocket booster burning up as it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere.
Hundreds of people from several states including Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina reported a strange flash of light in the sky and a booming noise Sunday night.
According to the "Daily Press" officials at the Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California say whatever caused the lights and noises "was not the result of a manmade trackable object." The center tracks thousands of man-made objects in space.
Many experts believe the cause of the fireball was a meteor.
“Comer on, Mulder; that light you saw zig-zagging back and forth through the sky, then hovering, rising, and finally falling to earth with a huge ‘bang!’ was the remnants of a Russian space launch,” said Scully.
“Yeah, Scully,” replied Mulder, “the truth is out there, but it turns out it’s pretty prosaic, after all.”
Thanks.
I’ll take meteor for $100 . . . and door #3.
According to the "Daily Press" officials at the Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California say whatever caused the lights and noises "was not the result of a manmade trackable object."the headline's screwed up.
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It sounded like a sonic boom. Or there’s a dead body on my roof.
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