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- Date of sighting: February 15, 2009
- Most of the Texas fireball sightings were reported at about 11: 00 a.m. local timeDallas Morning News: Fiery debris seen in Texas skies not from satellite collision... (February 15, 2009)
- Preliminary reports said a small aircraft went downCNN: Texans Report Fireball in Sky, Sonic Booms (February 15, 2009)
- The FAA later said it was likely space debrisCNN: Texans Report Fireball in Sky, Sonic Booms (February 15, 2009)
- The U.S. Strategic Command said there was no relation between the satellite collision and the fireballsDallas Morning News: Fiery debris seen in Texas skies not from satellite collision... (February 15, 2009)
- Sonic Booms also reportedCNN: Texans Report Fireball in Sky, Sonic Booms (February 15, 2009)
- A video of the Texas fireball was captured on filmCNN: Texans Report Fireball in Sky, Sonic Booms (February 15, 2009)
- Video recorded by a photographer for New 8 TV in Austin, TexasCNN: Texans Report Fireball in Sky, Sonic Booms (February 15, 2009)
- Wreckage of the shuttle Columbia landed in rural Texas in 2003TIME Magazine: The Sky Isn't Falling --Yet (February 15, 2009)
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"Fireballs" reportedly streaked across the sky in Texas on February 15, 2009, and video of a meteor-like object was captured by Austin's News 8 TV as the station covered a local marathon.CNN: Texans Report Fireball in Sky, Sonic Booms (February 15, 2009) Many believed the cause to have been debris from the satellites that collided over Siberia on February 10, but the FAA confirmed that the flying object was indeed a meteor.FOX News: Texas Fireball Was Meteor (February 16, 2009) Two pieces of the object were subsequently found and put for auction.Dallas News: Meteor that blazed across Texas sky going up for auction (February 26, 2008)
Texas Fireball Qoutes
"It was like a ball of flame with a tail. It looked like a meteor. There was flame and then a flash and smoke trailing it."—Doug Schmidt of Richardson, TexasDallas Morning News: Fiery debris seen in Texas skies not from satellite collision... (February 15, 2009)"If you were looking up at the southern sky, you couldn't miss it."—Chris Weaver of Ovilla, TexasDallas Morning News: Fiery debris seen in Texas skies not from satellite collision... (February 15, 2009)
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Texas Fireball Questions
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Is the fireball in the sky in Texas falling space debris? 3 AnswersIt'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 ... read more -
Anyone have a video of the fireball they saw in Texas? 1 AnswerSure do! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roqm1ofUFko read more -
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Are there any other videos of the fireball in Texas besides News 8 Austins? 1 AnswerHere are some videos: ... read more
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