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Fireball streaks over East Coast, with sightings from Canada to D.C. region
washington post ^
| 10/05/2016
| Dana Hedgpeth
Posted on 10/05/2016 3:19:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Tuesday night’s fireball, Hankey said, included reports of people hearing a “sonic boom,” which are typically heard within a 50-mile radius of a fireball sighting. Some of the reports, he said, came in from parts of north and central Pennsylvania.
“To have that echoing sound means it has to get pretty close to the surface,” Hankey said. “It penetrated the Earth’s atmosphere deep enough to create a sonic boom.”
That, he said, “makes it stand out.”
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: fireball; sonicboom
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To: BenLurkin
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10/05/2016 5:21:19 PM PDT
by
Zionist Conspirator
(Sof davar hakol nishma`; 'et-ha'Eloqim yera' ve'et-mitzvotayv shemor, ki-zeh kol-ha'adam.)
To: Donglalinger
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posted on
10/05/2016 5:24:07 PM PDT
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IWONDR
To: Ken H
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posted on
10/05/2016 5:36:37 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: IWONDR
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
10/05/2016 5:40:19 PM PDT
by
IVAXMAN
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
10/05/2016 5:40:21 PM PDT
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IVAXMAN
To: EnigmaticAnomaly
An around the world arc from the Grand Cannon in Alaska. That Admiral Hayes is a heck of gun commander.
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10/05/2016 5:40:54 PM PDT
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wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: IVAXMAN
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10/05/2016 5:41:07 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
What you saw was a weather balloon.
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posted on
10/05/2016 5:45:39 PM PDT
by
VRWCarea51
(The Original 1998 Version)
To: BenLurkin
This is a recent meteor trail over Phoenix. I heard the boom but thought it was just the upstair nieghbors dropping something. When I saw this trail in the morning I thought it was a rocket trail. Only later did I realize how special it really was.
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posted on
10/05/2016 5:51:13 PM PDT
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Nateman
(If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
To: Nateman
Looks like a trail left by missile launches out of Vandenberg
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posted on
10/05/2016 5:58:19 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
Exactly, only this is the eastern sky from Phoenix. I kept thinking “where was that rocket from”, not knowing it was a once in lifetime cosmic event.
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posted on
10/05/2016 6:03:48 PM PDT
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Nateman
(If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
To: Nateman
Interesting story at the link — get out and find a piece of it!
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10/05/2016 6:04:31 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
UFOs looking for intelligent life in the Democrat Party...and the RINO party...
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10/05/2016 8:05:23 PM PDT
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ConservaTeen
(Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but Ther RELIGION of PEDOPHILIA...)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Had more than my share over the last few years. No more for me. But, did like it a lot back then.
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10/05/2016 9:22:17 PM PDT
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HollyB
To: BenLurkin
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10/05/2016 9:24:42 PM PDT
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dfwgator
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