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An ‘earthgrazer’ flew ‘a whopping 186 miles’ over 2 states — then vanished, NASA says
Macon Telegraph ^ | NOVEMBER 11, 2021 1:15 PM | Mark Price

Posted on 11/12/2021 7:27:52 AM PST by BenLurkin

“Earthgrazers” are fireball meteors with a trajectory so shallow that they skim long distances across the upper atmosphere, NASA says.

The fireball appeared Tuesday, Nov. 9, around 6:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, officials say, and was “detected by three NASA meteor cameras in the region.” It entered the atmosphere “at a very shallow angle — only 5 degrees from the horizontal.”

In fact, it was flying for so long that NASA had to recalculate its data to determine how far it traveled across the planet. “The meteor was first seen at an altitude of 55 miles above the Georgia town of Taylorsville, moving northwest at 38,500 miles per hour,” NASA says. Taylorsville is about 55 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: asteroid; asteroids; astronomy; atlanta; catastrophism; earthgrazer; earthgrazers; georgia; meteor; meteors; nasa; science; taylorsville
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To: BenLurkin

Aliens probably fly by earth and lock their doors.


21 posted on 11/12/2021 2:56:42 PM PST by hadit2here ("There are some ideas so preposterous, only an intellectual could believe them." -- George Orwell)
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To: hadit2here
" Aliens probably fly by earth and lock their doors. "

SETI estimated it landed near Chequamegon Bay, Wisconsin and some guy with glowing blue balls is running around doin miracle schitt.......it's like he's in a movie.

22 posted on 11/12/2021 7:39:04 PM PST by crazy scenario (The burden of Damascus is next!)
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To: PIF

As usual, on a mission to find intelligent life and came up empty.

Told ‘em not to go to Atlanta but do they listen? NOooooo, of course not.


23 posted on 11/12/2021 11:04:50 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.I ha)
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To: j.havenfarm

Funny you mentioned that.
The next day me and a buddy searched along the river including a park for a few hours but came up empty.
We assumed it landed in the river..


24 posted on 11/14/2021 5:37:34 AM PST by mowowie
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