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Wow.(vanity) Incredibly bright meteor over Georgia.
02/25/2007 | Sender

Posted on 02/25/2007 7:31:18 PM PST by Sender

Sorry for the shameless vanity, but I was just outside in the back yard in Northern Georgia, and an incredibly bright light illuminated the dark yard like an arc lamp. I looked up and saw a meteor streaking overhead, white hot, which then broke up into orange, glowing fragments. This happened at 10:21PM EST. I apologize for posting something random like this, but it was astonishing. Perhaps it was a piece of space junk that reentered the atmosphere tonight. Did anyone else see this? It was truly spectacular.


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To: herewego

Winder, GA here...wife ducked...I know there were atleast 3 planes in the sky at the time of the fireball...we were waiting for an explosion.


41 posted on 02/25/2007 8:12:35 PM PST by .308 PSS
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To: SittinYonder

might be-
i'm off hwy. 53


42 posted on 02/25/2007 8:12:38 PM PST by herewego (Got .45?)
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To: herewego

I could throw a rock and hit 53.


43 posted on 02/25/2007 8:14:43 PM PST by SittinYonder (Ic þæt gehate, þæt ic heonon nelle fleon fotes trym, ac wille furðor gan)
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To: SittinYonder

The only thing I saw at 10:21 was the back of my eyelids (as I dozed off in one of the kid's beds, lol)

I was outside at 10:25 (according to the coffemaker clock), but saw nothing.

Did you see it or not, SittinYonder?


44 posted on 02/25/2007 8:15:12 PM PST by eyespysomething
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To: herewego

when it "exploded" or whatever the proper term is, it was the just beautiful. almost like a huge firework but only lasting for less than a second..if that makes any sense..


45 posted on 02/25/2007 8:15:40 PM PST by herewego (Got .45?)
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To: SittinYonder

211/Double Bridges road here...close to Statham


46 posted on 02/25/2007 8:15:47 PM PST by .308 PSS
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To: SittinYonder; herewego

Y'all should take your conversation to FReepmail.


47 posted on 02/25/2007 8:16:12 PM PST by eyespysomething
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To: eyespysomething

I didn't see it. Eyes+Glue+Computer Screen = Me.


48 posted on 02/25/2007 8:16:28 PM PST by SittinYonder (Ic þæt gehate, þæt ic heonon nelle fleon fotes trym, ac wille furðor gan)
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To: rintense
green lightning

These northern lights are most impressive and beautiful when caught by surprise. One of nature's greatest masterpieces hosted by our solar system.

49 posted on 02/25/2007 8:16:33 PM PST by quantim (Do not underestimate the evilness of the 'soccer mom.')
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To: .308 PSS

I can't hit that part of 53 with a rock.


50 posted on 02/25/2007 8:17:10 PM PST by SittinYonder (Ic þæt gehate, þæt ic heonon nelle fleon fotes trym, ac wille furðor gan)
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To: SittinYonder

I'm in Oconee, few miles from Butlers Crossing.


51 posted on 02/25/2007 8:17:18 PM PST by herewego (Got .45?)
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To: herewego

I can hit that part of 53 with a rock.


52 posted on 02/25/2007 8:18:45 PM PST by SittinYonder (Ic þæt gehate, þæt ic heonon nelle fleon fotes trym, ac wille furðor gan)
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To: Sender

Was it silent?


53 posted on 02/25/2007 8:18:51 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Not a sound...looked like fireworks or a welding arc...but I know of no fireworks that can be seen from Winder and Athens


54 posted on 02/25/2007 8:19:57 PM PST by .308 PSS
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To: .308 PSS

silent...no sound at all..


55 posted on 02/25/2007 8:21:00 PM PST by herewego (Got .45?)
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To: Sender

Saw one like it about 10 or 12 years ago. Was watching TV inside and happened to glance out into the back yard just in time to see the whole area illuminated with a moving, bright light, much brighter than the full moon, and this was a very dark night.

Ran outside and saw an orange colored ball with an illuminated tail that looked as big as the full moon in the sky speeding off in a south-westerly direction. It made a roaring noise.

Looked like it crashed into the top of the nearby mountains, but read the next day that it was a meteor estimated to be the size of a basketball that crashed into the Pacific Ocean hundreds of miles away!


56 posted on 02/25/2007 8:21:07 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (If you don't want people to get your goat, don't tell them where it's tied.)
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To: Sender
Hope you don't live near Horsell Common :)



Actually I'm jealous. I've seen bolides twice. But this sounds much better than the ones I've seen.
57 posted on 02/25/2007 8:22:59 PM PST by macamadamia
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To: Sender

A UFO!


58 posted on 02/25/2007 8:25:14 PM PST by baubau (BOYCOTT Bank of America for Issuing Credit Cards to 3rd World Illegal Aliens.)
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To: SIDENET
"Did anyone else see this? It was truly spectacular.
Hang on. I'll go look."

Many years ago, spending a boring night as staff duty officer, I got about a dozen calls reporting UFOs.
I called the local USAF radar site as well as tower, OSI, police, etc.

When I tried to recontact the radar installation I got a busy signal, then nothing.
Later, after an aspirin and cooling off peroiod involving several more reports; I did get in touch with the radar guys.

They'd all been outside looking for the flying saucers.

59 posted on 02/25/2007 8:26:44 PM PST by norton
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To: Sender
I looked up and saw a meteor streaking overhead, white hot, which then broke up into orange, glowing fragments.

You are mistaken. What you saw was a bottle rocket that a couple of neighborhood kids shot off. You should hear a knock at your door shortly.......
60 posted on 02/25/2007 8:27:10 PM PST by Jaysun (I took one look at her unfashionable eyebrows and thought to myself, "she's literally crazy.")
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