Lights in the sky

Lights in the sky

by SouthernFriedInfidel Published on March 30th, 2009, 11:02 am Rift: X

It appears that something rather larger than usual dropped from space last night. The National Weather Service says they know of nothing natural that could explain it. Which of course will set the UFO crowd buzzing about it.

It reminds me of the few times I've seen unusual things streaking across the sky at night. There was one time when I was about 12, when I was outside with my telescope. I glanced up from the eyepiece in time to see a bright white streak of light flash to the south of my traveling east to west. I never heard whether anyone else saw it besides me. Then there was a rather odd thing (or set of things, perhaps" that I saw fall just after sunset to the east of my home. Once again, there was nothing in the news about it the next day.

Years later, I was driving home from a Scout meeting with my son when we saw a rather bright green streak of light heading toward the north. That was interesting to me because that WAS in the news. In Virginia, a meteor had landed and heavily damaged a car there.

We're living in a celestial shooting gallery. I expect we'll never see the one shot that will finally take us down.

[Sanjuro]

It was Coach K and all the Duke Blue Devil fans' hopes crashing to earth when Carolina won Sunday evening and moved on to the final 4.

[Liv]

Oh sorry, that was my spaceship landing... I try to be discreet, but I forgot to turn off the running board lights.

[A Person]

http://spaceweather.com/

NOT A ROCKET: News reports that a Russian rocket fell over the US mid-Atlantic coast on Sunday evening, March 29th, are probably incorrect. A spent Russian rocket booster did reenter Earth's atmosphere on March 29th, but apparently not over the USA. According to data published by US Strategic Command, the reentry occurred near Taiwan (24° N, 125° E) at 11:57 p.m. EDT. So what were those lights in the sky over Maryland and Virginia two hours earlier? Eyewitness accounts of the Atlantic Coast fireball are consistent with a meteoritic bolide--a random asteroid hitting Earth's atmosphere and exploding in flight.

[Liv]

Sanjuro tooted.

[SouthernFriedInfidel]

Sanjuro tooted.

Nope ... just banged head-first into a wall, from the looks of him.

[Questioner]

When I was staying on a farm in the midwest a few years ago, I was outside about 11:00 pm at night and the most beautiful, amazing meteor shower was lighting up the sky. They were coming in 2 and 3 at a time and just constantly showering the sky with their lovely light trails.

Silly me! I never even considered the possibility of an alien invasion.

[Liv]

Weirdest thing I've ever seen was when I lived in Bullhead City, and saw what I could only describe as a titan icbm come up out of the mountains and go into space. (or beyond my scope of vision) It was quite dramatic.... and I shrugged it off as private contractors, or military base activity, but nothing appeared in the news that day or the next.... which was odd because if you were outside.... it's not something you see everyday.