[winodog]

Wicked!!!! I was just in time to see it streak across leaving a white trail.

[leadpenny]

Was it glowing at all?

[leadpenny]

They keep talking about Dallas but I believe they will find things happening as it passed your area over Las Vegas.

Wicked!!!! I was just in time to see it streak across leaving a white trail.

13 posted on 02/01/2003 8:57 AM EST by winodog

[McGruff]

I copied some of your recollections of that day from another thread to here. I hope you don't mind.

"It looked like a big fireball. I assumed this was normal because of heating from reentry.. I have no idea if the shuttle itself was actually "on fire".

Something strange happened when the Columbia was about 3/4 of the way across the horizon.
What I saw looked exactly like what the fella from St. George UT. taped.(I think the UT tape was from St George.)

Some have described it as a flash or a puff. It looked to me like someone turned the "lights" off for split second. The "fireball" seemed to dim, then brighten back up immediately.

The Columbia left a large white contrail. I did not notice if it became enlarged when the "flash" occurred as some eyewitness's in Vegas have said."