[Chesterbelloc]

I live up in the Sierra Nevada mountains here in California and I went out with the kids this morning to watch the shuttle go by. It went by at around 5:55 - big fireball trailing its plume of smoke. I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary as it went past. It is a very amazing sight. God rest the crew..

[patriot5186]

I used to work at Edwards AFB and have witnessed a number of shuttle landings and I've never seen it as a fireball!
Every time I've seen it it was a white dot in the sky that fell like a rock and glided to a perfect landing.
I wonder if they were having problems over CA and you witnessed it?

[Vinnie]

I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary as it went past. It is a very amazing sight. God rest the crew..

Have you observed previous re-entrys? Just asking for a comparison to this AM.