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Light in California sky
3 March 2010 | Me

Posted on 03/10/2012 7:04:37 PM PST by Randy Larsen

Did anyone else see the blue-green light shot across the southern sky?


TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: bluegreenlight; ca; sky; ufo
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To: Randy Larsen
Let us decide please.

That's what I'm afraid of .. LOL

I'll say this much...it was like something out of Star Wars. I was even interviewed by MUFON about it.

41 posted on 03/10/2012 8:10:13 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: thecodont; bigheadfred
I saw an orange meteor once. Sodium, maybe?

Dunno. Fred?

42 posted on 03/10/2012 8:11:40 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Hepsabeth
Post it!

I'll freepmail it to you - how's that?

43 posted on 03/10/2012 8:13:28 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

me too! me too!


44 posted on 03/10/2012 8:15:16 PM PST by hope
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To: Windflier; bigheadfred
Looked it up. The flame test says that iron would be "gold" and sodium would be "intense yellow" so it was probably one of those, more likely iron.
45 posted on 03/10/2012 8:16:37 PM PST by thecodont
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To: Randy Larsen

It wasn’t me.

This time.


46 posted on 03/10/2012 8:16:52 PM PST by ThomasThomas
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To: Windflier

I am not wearing socks.


47 posted on 03/10/2012 8:17:34 PM PST by ThomasThomas
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To: thecodont; Windflier; Randy Larsen
" The color of many Leonids is caused by light emitted from metal atoms from the meteoroid (blue, green, and yellow) and light emitted by atoms and molecules of the air (red). The metal atoms emit light much like in our sodium discharge lamps: sodium (Na) atoms give an orange-yellow light, iron (Fe) atoms a yellow light, magnesium (Mg) a blue-green light, ionized calcium (Ca+) atoms may add a violet hue, while molecules of atmospheric nitrogen (N2) and oxygen atoms (O) give a red light. The meteor color depends on whether the metal atom emissions or the air plasma emissions dominate. "

LINK

But I'm sticking to the copper theory for the one I saw.

48 posted on 03/10/2012 8:18:53 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: sugarglider

Did you see it too?


49 posted on 03/10/2012 8:20:52 PM PST by Randy Larsen (No Romney vote from my family!)
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To: Windflier; Hepsabeth

YEAH! Freepmail it to hepsabeth and then they can post it!


50 posted on 03/10/2012 8:22:16 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: Windflier

Me too!


51 posted on 03/10/2012 8:22:40 PM PST by Randy Larsen (No Romney vote from my family!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Is there something you would like to share?


52 posted on 03/10/2012 8:24:07 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: Fiji Hill

Possibly the X-37B space plane?


53 posted on 03/10/2012 8:27:32 PM PST by FedsRStealingOurCountryFromUs
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To: bigheadfred
YEAH! Freepmail it to hepsabeth and then they can post it!

Hee hee...

54 posted on 03/10/2012 8:35:35 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: bigheadfred

Thanks for the lesson, Fred. I had a feeling you’d have that to hand.


55 posted on 03/10/2012 8:38:41 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: bigheadfred
Over here...

Now, that was just downright mean (but funny as hell!)

56 posted on 03/10/2012 8:40:04 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: bigheadfred

I seem to recall a youtube of a meteor over over the Tetons. Old one iirc, and it was moving slow (too slow for a meteor?).


57 posted on 03/10/2012 8:45:46 PM PST by 21twelve
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To: Randy Larsen

Reflection off Rearden Metal???


58 posted on 03/10/2012 8:55:53 PM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: OrioleFan

LOL!!


59 posted on 03/10/2012 9:03:20 PM PST by az.b1bbomberfxr
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To: OrioleFan

This was more in the meteor realm, not a space ship!


60 posted on 03/10/2012 9:08:07 PM PST by Randy Larsen (No Romney vote from my family!)
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