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Meteorite 'photographed' hitting Earth
news.com.au ^ | November 24, 2004 | Nigel Adlam

Posted on 11/25/2004 5:03:25 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets

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I honestly cannot discern the trail. Thomas Jefferson is famously quoted as saying he could sooner believe that a couple of Yankee professors lied than he could believe that rocks fell from the sky. Could have been an electrical fault in the light stanchion.
1 posted on 11/25/2004 5:03:25 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Already posted:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1287055/posts

And yes, it is almost impossible to see the trail. I don't know why they think it's a meteorite when you can hardly see anything.


2 posted on 11/25/2004 5:06:27 AM PST by BlessedBeGod (George W. Bush -- The Terror of the Terrorists)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

There was an earlier thread on this story with better quality photos in which the trail was visible (barely).


3 posted on 11/25/2004 5:06:55 AM PST by Godebert
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

so where's the meteor? That big circle on the right? Kewl.


4 posted on 11/25/2004 5:08:28 AM PST by the invisib1e hand (if a man lives long enough, he gets to see the same thing over and over.)
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To: BlessedBeGod

Thanks, I searched on the exact title and didn't find anything.


5 posted on 11/25/2004 5:11:12 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (NYT Headline: "The Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS", Fake But Accurate, Experts Say)
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I wonder????

Fatal plane crash mystery

6 posted on 11/25/2004 5:11:58 AM PST by leadpenny
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No. Odds against a plane hitting a meteor are about a gallizion to 0. How many aircraft on the ground have ever been hit a meteor? My guess (based on location) was an uninstrumented aircraft from "South of the Border" bringing migrants and recreational pharmaceuticals.
7 posted on 11/25/2004 5:20:35 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (NYT Headline: "The Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS", Fake But Accurate, Experts Say)
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From now on, I'll be watching out for candy-striped, pointy lines in the sky.


8 posted on 11/25/2004 5:22:37 AM PST by Kerfuffle
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Not altered? Funny, none of my photos have ever had a big circle and an arrow shooting out of the sky.


9 posted on 11/25/2004 5:26:32 AM PST by mtbopfuyn
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To: BlessedBeGod

Aw, someone's been lighting farts again.


10 posted on 11/25/2004 5:30:14 AM PST by JusPasenThru (Reality is for people who can't handle Free Republic.)
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"If this is true, it's one of the most remarkable pictures ever taken," astronomy tutor Geoff Carr said yesterday.

No, the most remarkable picture ever taken was the one of Tara Reid's "wardrobe malfunction".

11 posted on 11/25/2004 5:37:25 AM PST by randog (What the....?!)
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Actually the trail is quite easy to see in the photograph...


12 posted on 11/25/2004 5:38:28 AM PST by muffaletaman
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1287055/posts

Here is the link again to the unmarked photo...


13 posted on 11/25/2004 5:39:35 AM PST by muffaletaman
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Post #2 has a link to a better picture.


14 posted on 11/25/2004 5:39:47 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (NYT Headline: "The Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS", Fake But Accurate, Experts Say)
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Here is my Photoshop enhanced version. You can see the trail going from the upper left corner down towards the image of the sun.


15 posted on 11/25/2004 5:44:05 AM PST by InterceptPoint
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Interesting. The trail seems to disappear behind the horizon, it doesn't appear in front of the water. It does not quite line up with the "flash" either (try a ruler.) Could simply be a contrail in the distance and glint of the setting sun on the water.

I could sooner believe...


16 posted on 11/25/2004 5:55:34 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (NYT Headline: "The Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS", Fake But Accurate, Experts Say)
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.....than he could believe that rocks fell from the sky.

This was before the evaporation/condensation cycle of rocks was well known.

17 posted on 11/25/2004 6:25:13 AM PST by OSHA (Anything not forbidden is mandatory.)
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Hey I've managed to snap a photo of a basselope .....


18 posted on 11/25/2004 6:56:06 AM PST by festus (Old growth timbers make the best campfires....)
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To: OSHA

Henny Penny was right! Everybody duck!


19 posted on 11/25/2004 6:58:19 AM PST by Les_Miserables
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

I'd like to know what kind of camera they used. It would seem to me that the "meteorite" would be a long blur given the incredible speed that it likely was moving at.


20 posted on 11/25/2004 7:00:41 AM PST by Fruitbat
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