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markb markb
 
M$1 February 16, 2009 11:36 PM

Is the fireball in the sky in Texas falling space debris?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IJtGxPtkqU
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interzone interzone
 
 February 17, 2009 06:51 PM
It's almost certainly not space debris, and it's not very likely to be a meteor neither.

A meteor has a distinct fiery tail trailing behind it (see the Swedish video), whereas the Texas object was roundish and fairly compact. Further on, meteors leave an impact crater when they hit the ground. News footage of what could be the Texas impact site shows only surface burn, a grass fire, but no crater.

What puzzles me is the stationary object in the upper right-hand corner, and another, black one, just above it - first I thought it was a streetlamp, but upon watching several more videos of it, some in HD, I came to the conclusion that it's definitively not a streetlamp... Don't know what it is, but it's most curious.



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erlog erlog
 
February 17, 2009 12:40 AM
According to current reports from the military and FAA, the answer is no. It does not correlate to the recent satellite collisions. Astronomers say that the fireball is related to a meteorite.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29212634/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/29227045#29227045


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gdawg gdawg
 
February 17, 2009 01:34 AM
Despite the military and the FAA, it seems like these two events coincide too exactly to be unrelated. Especially because the object was visible during the day.

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erlog erlog
 
February 17, 2009 02:06 PM
That's the issue, though. They don't coincide exactly, and that's what the experts have said. Debris was not falling like that at the time people saw the meteorite in Texas. Just because it happened around the same day doesn't mean it coincided. 24 hours is a huge window of time.

It is possible to view meteorites during the day. It's a somewhat rare occurrence, but it's not unheard of. I know people who have seen meteorites during the day, and it is documented in literature about astronomy.

Unless you can back your opinion up with timelines and due diligence then I have to go with what the experts have said.

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