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Mystery object lights up Northwest sky
FOX 12 OREGON ^
| 03.12.05
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Posted on 03/12/2005 9:33:14 PM PST by Mr.Atos
PORTLAND - A flaming object was spotted streaking through the Saturday night sky across Western Oregon and the impact was heard all the way from Salem to Medford, according to various reports.
Newspapers across the western half of the state and KPTV were getting phone calls from people who saw the object.
Summer Jensen of Portland said she was sitting in her living room with her father when they saw the flash of light outside and rushed to see what it was.
"I've never seen anything like that," Jensen said, adding that the object appeared to be moving slowly compared to a typical meteor, or "shooting star."
Have a picture or video? Email KPTV.
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TOPICS: Canada; News/Current Events; US: California; US: Oregon; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: archaeology; callingartbell; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; meteor; meteorite; shootingstar
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To: NorCalRepub
or maybe Howard Dean? Did anyone hear a primal scream as it came in?
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posted on
03/12/2005 9:45:08 PM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(This just in from CBS: "There is no bias at CBS")
To: beethovenfan
Yep... might be one o' their Long Dong missiles...LOL. Yep, that one.
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posted on
03/12/2005 9:45:23 PM PST
by
armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghanistan Honor Roll students.)
To: doug from upland
CNN is in such bad shape, even the flames have failed to show up.
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posted on
03/12/2005 9:47:18 PM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(This just in from CBS: "There is no bias at CBS")
To: armymarinemom
Darn, I think Art Bell takes Saturday off, too!
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posted on
03/12/2005 9:48:03 PM PST
by
Txsleuth
(Mark Levin for Supreme Court Chief Justice!)
To: NorCalRepub
No, but the NKs damned well took out Santa's Sleigh. Hope the old boy is OK, even if he has to make jerky out of the Reindeer.
To: Mr.Atos
Anyone remember when Skylab fell from the sky?
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posted on
03/12/2005 9:50:30 PM PST
by
scan59
(Why am I always so pessimistic? I was a dreamer when I was young.)
To: willyd
Is there any consensus on what the heck it was?I think it was algore's presidential aspirations, finally flaming out and crashing to earth.
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posted on
03/12/2005 9:50:32 PM PST
by
Petronski
(If 'Judge' Greer can kill Terri, who will be next?)
To: Spktyr
the friction of the atmosphere renders many a meteor to burn blue or white..........
To: Mr.Atos
Swamp gas. ..... just kidding!
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posted on
03/12/2005 9:52:58 PM PST
by
CurlyBill
(The difference between Madeline Albright and Helen Thomas is a mere 15 years.)
To: Mr.Atos
"A flaming object was spotted streaking through the Saturday night sky..."
There are SOME "flaming objects" that you just don't ever want to see streaking...
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posted on
03/12/2005 9:53:40 PM PST
by
Luddite Patent Counsel
("Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others." - Groucho Marx)
To: beethovenfan
Long Duck Dong? The Donger? Oh, his career went that way years ago!
Ken Watanabee, for those unsure of his name :-)
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posted on
03/12/2005 9:53:51 PM PST
by
Ro_Thunder
(Lt.Col. Myles Miyamasu -"These guys really make us work to kill them, but in the end, they're dead.")
To: NorCalRepub
the friction of the atmosphere renders many a meteor to burn blue or white.......... True, but you need the right elements and speed/temperature to get the effect.
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posted on
03/12/2005 9:53:55 PM PST
by
steve86
To: Spktyr
forgot to add......The colour of light produced depends upon the composition of the meteorite. Iron particles produce yellow light; sodium particles produce orange-yellow light; magnesium produces a blue-green light and silicon atoms produce red light.
To: Mr.Atos
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posted on
03/12/2005 9:54:16 PM PST
by
SuziQ
To: BearWash
To: Mr.Atos
Three months ago out in the outback of NM, I saw the biggest, brightest shooting star ever. If you hold your arm straight our , with your thumb up, the meteor appeared as large as your nail. I thought, I am going to see and hear a tremendous impact, but it was have skipped thought the atmosphere.
To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
What a sight! No sonic boom? UFOs do not give off sonic booms Even when they crash
Um, I mean....
It was a weather balloon. Please go back to your homes. There is nothing to see here.
To: Spktyr
Big bolides are usually greenish
To: Mr.Atos
Mystery object lights up Northwest sky I hear those folks in King County really love their anal probes.
To: Ohioan from Florida
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posted on
03/12/2005 9:58:10 PM PST
by
MarMema
("America may have won the battles, but the Nazis won the war." Virginia Delegate Bob Marshall)
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