[ResistorSister]

Did anyone else see the FoxNews Channel report from a guy in Nevada that has video of the reentry...and there is something following the shuttle? I walked into the room at the very end of the report.

There are two bright lights in a dark sky...suddenly, the one that is following looks as if it suffers an explosion and then you can see a contrail. Did anyone else see the report who can explain it to me?

[Timesink]

There are two bright lights in a dark sky...suddenly, the one that is following looks as if it suffers an explosion and then you can see a contrail. Did anyone else see the report who can explain it to me?

My barely-informed speculation would be simply that some piece of the shuttle broke off and thus of course, immediately lost most of its forward thrust and ended up behind the rest of the craft.

[rs79bm]

Yes, I saw a report of an amatuer photographer taking pictures of what he explained as: "L-shaped lightning bolts coming from the back of the shuttle". Obviously, this indicates a major heat-related problem. Of course, if there was tile damage of any sort, it would have caused the orbiter to improperly absorb the heat upon re-entry.

[Intimidator]

Did anyone else see the FoxNews Channel report from a guy in Nevada that has video of the reentry...and there is something following the shuttle? I walked into the room at the very end of the report. There are two bright lights in a dark sky...suddenly, the one that is following looks as if it suffers an explosion and then you can see a contrail. Did anyone else see the report who can explain it to me?

There is no way possible it was shot down, there is no airplane or missile capable of flying mach 18.

[cmak9]

Did anyone else see the FoxNews Channel report from a guy in Nevada that has video of the reentry...and there is something following the shuttle? I walked into the room at the very end of the report. There are two bright lights in a dark sky...suddenly, the one that is following looks as if it suffers an explosion and then you can see a contrail. Did anyone else see the report who can explain it to me?

The first bright light was Venus. It wasn't moving. The way they were replaying the video could have easily led you to believe it was though. The second light was the shuttle.