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Flashes, booms reported over Western Washington
Seatle Post Int ^
| 6/3/2004
| AP
Posted on 06/03/2004 5:38:41 AM PDT by Selene
SEATTLE -- Bright flashes and sharp booms were reported in the skies over the Puget Sound area early Thursday, and aviation officials said a meteor may have been the source.
An early report that a meteor might have hit near Chehalis, about 90 miles south of the city, turned out to be false, a University of Washington scientist who specializes in meteorites said.
Toby Smith, a lecturer in astronomy, told The Associated Press scientists were looking into the cause of the skybursts reported over a wide area about 2:40 a.m.
Witnesses along a 60-mile swath of the sound from near Tacoma to Whidbey Island and as far as 100 miles to the east near Ellensburg said the sky lit up brightly, and many also reported booming sounds as if from one or more explosions.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: meteor
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WHAT?
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posted on
06/03/2004 5:38:42 AM PDT
by
Selene
To: Selene
Someone set them up the bomb.
2
posted on
06/03/2004 5:40:30 AM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(Rush may be "show prep for the media", but FR is show prep for RUSH!)
To: Selene
3
posted on
06/03/2004 5:41:04 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: Selene
Testing of certain aircraft?
4
posted on
06/03/2004 5:41:07 AM PDT
by
OldFriend
(LOSERS quit when they are tired/WINNERS quit when they have won)
To: Constitution Day
I'm sure there's a simple explanation for this.
Michael Moore must be visiting Washington and eating beans.
5
posted on
06/03/2004 5:41:34 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(http://www.osurepublicans.com)
To: Selene
Paging Art Bell, white courtesy phone please
Paging Art Bell, white courtesy phone please
6
posted on
06/03/2004 5:45:01 AM PDT
by
sticker
To: Selene
7
posted on
06/03/2004 5:48:13 AM PDT
by
sarasota
To: Selene
Time for a Homeland Security Advisory
8
posted on
06/03/2004 5:49:16 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
To: Selene
I saw the flashes. At first I thought it was a thunderstorm in the distance, but the sky was clear. Even checked the sky with night vision equipment. Nothing on the radars from NOAA.
The report followed the flash by over three minutes - and it was HUGE. (I live west of Eatonville.) If I hadn't seen the flash, I'd have thought a small earthquake had happened from the sound. A long, deep rumble.
9
posted on
06/03/2004 5:54:58 AM PDT
by
datura
(Battlefield justice is what our enemies deserve. If you win, you live. If you lose, you die.)
To: Selene
How quickly they forget! |
10
posted on
06/03/2004 5:55:23 AM PDT
by
The Duke
To: Selene
Has Al Queda claimed responsibility for this meteor yet?
To: Rightwing Conspiratr1
Has Al Queda claimed responsibility for this meteor yet?Their spokesman, John Kerry, blamed it on Bush.
To: Selene
"Flashes, booms reported over Western Washington" We had the same thing around here about 7:00am this morning, we call'em thunderstorms.
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posted on
06/03/2004 5:58:32 AM PDT
by
blam
To: Constitution Day
Someone set them up the bomb. LOL!
Although, I hope it wasn't an EMP test.
14
posted on
06/03/2004 5:58:51 AM PDT
by
LurkedLongEnough
(Bush '04 --- in a F'n landslide.)
To: Selene
To: Selene; Admin Moderator
Nothing personal, but I wish somebody would modify the title to say Washington State or remove this from breaking news. I almost had a heart attack when I looked at the Breaking News Sidebar. I thought we under attack.
16
posted on
06/03/2004 5:59:52 AM PDT
by
McGruff
To: datura
Maybe Ranier is waking up.
17
posted on
06/03/2004 6:00:58 AM PDT
by
cookcounty
(LBJ sent him to VN. Nixon expressed him home. And JfK's too dumb to tell them apart!)
To: blam; Dog
In clear skies?
18
posted on
06/03/2004 6:01:00 AM PDT
by
cibco
(Xin Loi... Saddam)
To: ConservativeMan55
Michael Moore must be visiting Washington and eating beans.Oh, the HUMANITY!
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posted on
06/03/2004 6:05:40 AM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(Rush may be "show prep for the media", but FR is show prep for RUSH!)
To: Selene
Maybe there is something to all the recent tin foil posts about the earth passing through the debris field of comet Bradfield?
20
posted on
06/03/2004 6:11:24 AM PDT
by
TBall
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