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Fireball caught on video in Alabama, Georgia
wvtm ^ | 08/18/2018

Posted on 08/18/2018 9:36:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin

NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center says numerous people saw a very bright streak early Friday. A statement and video posted on Facebook says an analysis shows the meteor was first seen at an altitude of about 58 miles (93 kilometers) above rural Turkeytown, which is about 80 miles (129 kilometers) northeast of Birmingham.

The office estimates a small asteroid about 6 feet (1.8 meters) in diameter then broke apart about 18 miles (29 kilometers) above the town of Oak Grove. It was at least 40 times as bright as the full moon at one point.

(Excerpt) Read more at wvtm13.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: alabama; astronomy; birmingham; catastrophism; georgia; goodnessgracious; oakgrove; science; turkeytown; xl5
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1 posted on 08/18/2018 9:36:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

We wuz out drinkin’ our Keystone Lite, when this big old fireball done shot across the sky. Cousin Eddie had his shotgun and wannatd to shoot the dern thing but his wife, which happens to be his daughter, said not to and to get some sleep so we can bring in the chickens in the morning.


2 posted on 08/18/2018 9:39:03 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (GOAT POTUS TRUMP)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

As long as you got your ‘Stones.


3 posted on 08/18/2018 9:43:07 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: BenLurkin
Fireball seen over Alabama
Fireball In The Southern Sky
Fireball lights up night sky over Alabama, 40 times brighter than the moon

4 posted on 08/18/2018 9:50:41 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Wait. What?


5 posted on 08/18/2018 9:51:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Let me guess. You are 4 foot 3 with a proportionate tally whacker. I keep seeing you on threads and you have that angry short man short PP vibe. Dude, just learn how to use it. I dated a woman 6 foot 7 as a 5 foot 10 man and she was over the top. When we were nose to nose I used my toes. When we were toe to toe I used my nose.

Quit being an ahole just cause you are short.


6 posted on 08/18/2018 9:52:56 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (TRUMP TRAIN !!! Get the hell out of the way if you are not on yet because we don't stop for idiots)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Way to go, Hoss. You just insulted a whole state full of good people with that.


7 posted on 08/18/2018 9:53:01 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Two words for somebody from Wisconsin insulting someone from Alabama:

Ed Gein.


8 posted on 08/18/2018 10:01:57 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Oh I can add two so we have four.

Jeffrey Dahmer

The wee wee eater. Probably would pass on EEE’s since it is so small.


9 posted on 08/18/2018 10:05:04 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (TRUMP TRAIN !!! Get the hell out of the way if you are not on yet because we don't stop for idiots)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
“It came out of the sky
just alittle shy
of Moline.”

Jody fell off his tractor
couldn't believe what he seen.

It was Brenner's security clearance crashing and burning.

10 posted on 08/18/2018 10:12:39 PM PDT by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Ain’t Fireball a type of hard liquor?


11 posted on 08/18/2018 10:26:53 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
...bring in the chickens in the morning.

You don't even know how to making up a credible insult. Chickens roost in the henhouse at night, you do not "bring them in" in the morning.

I was born in Ala-damn-bama and you are not as funny as your clueless Wisconsin ignorance about Alabama.

12 posted on 08/18/2018 10:29:01 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: Steely Tom

Thanks for posting the vids. Second one was the best. Showed a bunch of different views.


13 posted on 08/18/2018 10:37:32 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: Deaf Smith
Was it Deep Purple?


14 posted on 08/18/2018 10:39:01 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BenLurkin

I confess. I did it. The old ‘’dry cleaning bag filled with marsh gas’’ trick. Sorry. Was just havin’ some fun... ya know....


15 posted on 08/18/2018 10:57:40 PM PDT by jmacusa (Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Hey, you still pushin’ the Sessions and Rosenstein are white hats gaslighting, Extremist? Stupidest crap I had ever read on FreeRepublic.


16 posted on 08/18/2018 11:30:27 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Nifster

#11. Nah. Fireball is a type of race-car event. I think there was one called the Fireball 500.


17 posted on 08/19/2018 12:05:04 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
😂😂😂
18 posted on 08/19/2018 12:33:53 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
I think there was one called the Fireball 500.

One of the worst movies ever. It was so bad that when I started ad libbing dialog, the theater audience busted up laughing.

19 posted on 08/19/2018 12:35:18 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (President Trump divides Americans . . . from anti-Americans.)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

You’re thinking of ol’ #22, Fireball Roberts.


20 posted on 08/19/2018 12:36:53 AM PDT by Laslo Fripp (The Sybil of Free Republic)
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