Flashes, booms reported over Western Washington

Seatle Post Int ^ | 6/3/2004 | AP

[Selene]

SEATTLE -- Bright flashes and sharp booms were reported in the skies over the Puget Sound area early Thursday, and aviation officials said a meteor may have been the source.

An early report that a meteor might have hit near Chehalis, about 90 miles south of the city, turned out to be false, a University of Washington scientist who specializes in meteorites said.

Toby Smith, a lecturer in astronomy, told The Associated Press scientists were looking into the cause of the skybursts reported over a wide area about 2:40 a.m.

Witnesses along a 60-mile swath of the sound from near Tacoma to Whidbey Island and as far as 100 miles to the east near Ellensburg said the sky lit up brightly, and many also reported booming sounds as if from one or more explosions.

[Selene]

WHAT?

[Constitution Day]

Someone set them up the bomb.

[Blood of Tyrants]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1146228/posts

[OldFriend]

Testing of certain aircraft?

[ConservativeMan55]

I'm sure there's a simple explanation for this.

Michael Moore must be visiting Washington and eating beans.

[sticker]

Paging Art Bell, white courtesy phone please
Paging Art Bell, white courtesy phone please

[sarasota]

The sky is falling.

[Rebelbase]

Time for a Homeland Security Advisory

[datura]

I saw the flashes. At first I thought it was a thunderstorm in the distance, but the sky was clear. Even checked the sky with night vision equipment. Nothing on the radars from NOAA.

The report followed the flash by over three minutes - and it was HUGE. (I live west of Eatonville.) If I hadn't seen the flash, I'd have thought a small earthquake had happened from the sound. A long, deep rumble.

[The Duke]

How quickly they forget!

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

Has Al Queda claimed responsibility for this meteor yet?

[ravingnutter]

Has Al Queda claimed responsibility for this meteor yet?

Their spokesman, John Kerry, blamed it on Bush.

[blam]

"Flashes, booms reported over Western Washington"

We had the same thing around here about 7:00am this morning, we call'em thunderstorms.

[LurkedLongEnough]

Someone set them up the bomb.

LOL!

Although, I hope it wasn't an EMP test.

[GalaxieFiveHundred]

[McGruff]

Nothing personal, but I wish somebody would modify the title to say Washington State or remove this from breaking news. I almost had a heart attack when I looked at the Breaking News Sidebar. I thought we under attack.

[cookcounty]

Maybe Ranier is waking up.

[cibco]

In clear skies?

[Constitution Day]

Michael Moore must be visiting Washington and eating beans.

Oh, the HUMANITY!

[TBall]

Maybe there is something to all the recent tin foil posts about the earth passing through the debris field of comet Bradfield?