Fireball reported in southwestern Colorado sky

Another one. That is 4 in the last 30 days. No tin foil, just keeping track.

People in Utah swamped the local TV stations with phone calls.

1 posted on 10/06/2002 9:20:22 PM PDT by Lokibob

Sorry about that. I know I promised...but it just kinda went off.

I promise to be more careful in the future.

2 posted on 10/06/2002 9:22:11 PM PDT by PoorMuttly

A Jim Morrison song springs to mind.

3 posted on 10/06/2002 9:22:13 PM PDT by chance33_98

Another one?

'Meteor' lights up Midlands

Sunday, 6 October, 2002, 10:33 GMT 11:33 UK

'Meteor' lights up Midlands

The object was seen shortly before 0600 BST

A burning object seen streaking across West Midlands skies on Sunday morning may have been a meteor, astronomers have said. The streaking fireball was seen heading south shortly before 0600 BST.

Its passage was followed by a bright flash which lit up the sky. Andy Salmon, from the Birmingham Astronomical Society, said it may have been a meteor - space debris burning up in the atmosphere.

Space junk A meteor is a particle entering the Earth's atmosphere and burning up at high speed Many meteors are the size of a sand grain Larger objects do not burn up completely, hit the ground, and become a 'meteorite' He also suggested it may have been a man-made object, such a satellite re-entering the atmosphere, or a rocket being launched.

"Meteors can happen at any time... there's no predicting when it may happen," he said.

One witness said the object had a tail.

"All of a sudden I've seen this light streak across the sky... the front of the light was much larger than what you would call the tail," he said.

'Like a film'

The BBC's Ben Godfrey saw the fireball as he arrived at work.

"It was reminiscent of a meteor you might see in a film... it was huge," he said.

Local aviation authorities confirmed the object was not aircraft-related.

It has been an eventful period for the West Midlands in nature terms, with the region shaken by an earth tremor on 23 September.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2303349.stm

4 posted on 10/06/2002 9:29:45 PM PDT by Davea

Millions of years ago, the reptiles who rule the Earth didn't heed the warning.

5 posted on 10/06/2002 9:30:01 PM PDT by socal_parrot

To: chance33_98; PoorMuttly

MUTT: I know, it is right up there with "the check is in the mail, I'll take care of it, and......(never mind)".

CHANCE: great balls of fire.

Damn, you guys are quick!

6 posted on 10/06/2002 9:31:13 PM PDT by Lokibob

Another one. That is 4 in the last 30 days. No tin foil, just keeping track.

There was a report of a large impact in Russia last week.

7 posted on 10/06/2002 9:31:25 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham

"This is the end, my only friend, the end...."

8 posted on 10/06/2002 9:32:08 PM PDT by chance33_98

To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

There was a report of a large impact in Russia last week.

PS: Is it time to jump in the shower?

9 posted on 10/06/2002 9:32:52 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham

To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

10 posted on 10/06/2002 9:34:22 PM PDT by PokeyJoe

About 12 years ago I saw one in the skies above my house near Atlanta.

A piece of it hit the trunk of a car in New Jersey.

11 posted on 10/06/2002 9:35:58 PM PDT by eddie willers

12 posted on 10/06/2002 9:36:57 PM PDT by PokeyJoe

13 posted on 10/06/2002 9:37:12 PM PDT by Davea

Let's see...we've got ECHELON, where officials can supposedly monitor all EMails/phone conversations and sign language.

We've got the HUBBLE, where officials can monitor the invasion from Mars.

We've got infrared spy satellites, where officals can see ants in an aphids butt

We have 4 recent astral phenomena, and all these monitoring officials were out to lunch during each, and somebody forgot to turn on any monitoring device ?

14 posted on 10/06/2002 9:39:13 PM PDT by stylin19a

I once saw something similar. I was walking home from the lab when I was a grad student in the late 90's. It was about one or two in the morning. I looked up and saw a meteor with a greenish, glowing tail. It seemed to be moving more slowly than most and broke up in the air while several fragments continued falling.

WFTR
Bill

15 posted on 10/06/2002 9:45:17 PM PDT by WFTR

Let me guess - you were cleaning it, and it just "went off," right?

16 posted on 10/06/2002 9:47:18 PM PDT by Tennessee_Bob

To: Tennessee_Bob

It wasn't even dirty. Doh !

17 posted on 10/06/2002 9:48:20 PM PDT by PoorMuttly

...but that tail part was pretty cool, huh.

18 posted on 10/06/2002 9:49:27 PM PDT by PoorMuttly

Where'd you buy that at? I'm thinking about getting one myself.

19 posted on 10/06/2002 9:50:55 PM PDT by Tennessee_Bob

There has been talk on FR that 30/year seems high, so I thought I'd keep track of the REPORTED meteor/asteroid strikes.