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Mysterious light streaks across Wash. sky
KTVZ Channel 21 Oregon ^ | September 11, 2006 | Jim Forman, King 5 News

Posted on 09/12/2006 5:39:44 AM PDT by sonsofliberty2000

SEATTLE – Around 7:30 p.m. Monday, KING 5 News' phones started to ring as viewers reported seeing a ball of flames shooting across the skies of Western Washington.

The calls came in mostly from Pierce and Kitsap counties.

Michael Witig and his wife were out barbecuing when they saw something streaking through the sky. They kept rolling as the fiery tail grew behind the mystery object.

KING 5 News contacted the Air Force, FAA, National Weather Service and other local authorities, but could not immediately find an explanation for what streaked across the sky and what was caught on tape.


TOPICS: US: Washington
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To: sonsofliberty2000
Beware of The Blob,
it creeps And leaps
and glides and slides
Across the floor
Right through the door
And all around the wall
A splotch, a blotch
Be careful of The Blob

41 posted on 09/12/2006 6:21:15 AM PDT by B Knotts (Newt '08!)
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To: sonsofliberty2000

It's not global warming...It's Manbearpig!

Quick someone call Gore.


42 posted on 09/12/2006 6:22:28 AM PDT by I-spy-guy (The European Union... ignoring the blindingly obvious since 9 May 1950)
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To: sonsofliberty2000

It's the Venutians!


43 posted on 09/12/2006 6:23:27 AM PDT by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: sonsofliberty2000

Whatever it is, it's a Zionist conspiracy.


44 posted on 09/12/2006 6:23:48 AM PDT by Know Thine Enemy (Radical Islam is Fundamental Islam.)
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To: ahayes
That explains why my butt is sore this morning and I'm missing two hours on my watch.
45 posted on 09/12/2006 6:24:38 AM PDT by burzum (Despair not! I shall inspire you by charging blindly on!--Minsc, BG2)
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To: frithguild

My thought too. Doesn't it look like that fireball trail has an unnatural curve?


46 posted on 09/12/2006 6:25:05 AM PDT by Rb ver. 2.0
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To: Phsstpok

1947 Roswell was just a weather ballon.


47 posted on 09/12/2006 6:26:40 AM PDT by Rb ver. 2.0
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To: sonsofliberty2000

It's George Bush's fault!


48 posted on 09/12/2006 6:29:01 AM PDT by webster
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

and the change in direction on the horizontal plane?

unlike the old meteors, the new models have directional fins and fender venting for reduced drag.


49 posted on 09/12/2006 6:38:34 AM PDT by himno hero
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To: webster

The flash of light you saw in the sky was not a UFO. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.


50 posted on 09/12/2006 6:38:54 AM PDT by WardMClark (Semi-Notorious Political Gadfly)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

Can you imagine the terror on the enemy's face when they see a squadron of these things dropping out of low orbit?


51 posted on 09/12/2006 6:41:44 AM PDT by Rb ver. 2.0
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To: sonsofliberty2000

I recommend that everyone click on the link and watch the video --- it is NOT a metor/meteorite/bolite - it is definitely under power and under control.

What? Haven't the foggiest idea, but at first it had TWO plumes out the rear.


52 posted on 09/12/2006 6:48:23 AM PDT by TimesDomain (When a judge declares himself "MASTER", you become his "SLAVE")
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To: TimesDomain; All
Related?

Cosmic event in New Zealand - 9/12/06 Approx. 10:54 military time (UTC)

Link

New Zealand police have been inundated with calls after a huge explosion was heard from Wellington to Invercargill. Residents in east Christchurch said their houses shook and rattled dramatically after a huge boom just after 3pm. Emergency services are heading to east Christchurch to investigate. Early reports suggest the noise may have been a sonic boom caused by a meteor entering the atmosphere. The noise was heard at least as far north as Wellington and as far south as Invercargill although most reports concentrated in the Canterbury region. Several people reported seeing a glowing red ball streaking over the Canterbury sky. "Whilst sunning myself in Ilam, I saw a bright meteorite fly high over one of the buildings with a yellow tinge. It continued for about five seconds before breaking off into two smaller pieces and disapearing. Seconds later a loud rumble permeated the air, which startled me," said Georgia Weaver from the University of Canterbury. The meteor has shown up on the McQueen's Valley seismograph. A GNS Science spokeswoman said they were aware of the incident. "Something has hit the ground hard, it's not an earthquake," she said. An Air Force spokesman told New Zealand Press Association (NZPA) none of their aircraft were responsible - none of the current fleet went fast enough to create a sonic boom. The Christchurch airport had reported they had no planes that were capable of making such a noise.

53 posted on 09/12/2006 7:07:30 AM PDT by Michael_Michaelangelo (The best theory is not ipso facto a good theory.)
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To: sonsofliberty2000

It's Pluto, representing!


54 posted on 09/12/2006 7:09:33 AM PDT by csvset
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To: WardMClark

http://www.zombietime.com/fraud/ambulance/0,1658,5229225,00.jpg

This has to be what they saw.

Darn it.

How do I place a picture in there instead of a link?


55 posted on 09/12/2006 7:10:14 AM PDT by StructuredChaos
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To: HairOfTheDog; RMDupree; Ramius; ecurbh; RosieCotton

Y'all see anything?


56 posted on 09/12/2006 7:10:33 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Phsstpok
That looks like a high altitude contrail being illuminated by the setting sun.

That is exactly what is in the photo. In the 'turn' end, you can even see dual contrails from separate engine exhausts...

57 posted on 09/12/2006 7:11:31 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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To: sonsofliberty2000

It was Karl Rove's deathray, setting another forest on fire.


58 posted on 09/12/2006 7:12:20 AM PDT by rabidralph
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To: ahayes
I don't think I'd want to fly in a plane that glows red-hot.

You couldn't. Aurora is a UAV...

59 posted on 09/12/2006 7:16:03 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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To: webster

DING DING DING!!!

We have a winner!!


60 posted on 09/12/2006 7:16:16 AM PDT by JRios1968 (9-11, 5 years later...NEVER forget!)
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