Another failed Russian missile test?..............
Posted on 12/17/2009 10:34:52 AM PST by TaraP
Astronomy experts are appealing for witnesses to an extremely rare fireball believed to have blazed across the morning sky.
The spectacular sight, which star-gazers claim happened just before dawn on Monday, is being attributed to a massive meteor shower currently taking place over the northern hemisphere.
"The fireball is really very special and unusual," Astronomy Ireland chairman David Moore said.
(Excerpt) Read more at google.com ...
MEANWHILE FROM NEBRASKA:
CURIOUS EVENTS IN NEBRASKA: “Last night, Dec. 16th at 9 p.m. CST, a very bright meteor lit up the completely overcast sky like lightning in southeast Nebraska,” reports Trooper Jerry Chab of the Nebraska State Patrol. “It flashed for approximately 2 seconds and was followed by sonic booms and ground shaking, which prompted many calls by the public to law enforcement in a three county wide area.” Meanwhile, the USGS says there was a magnitude 3.5 earthquake near Auburn, Nebraska, at 8:53 pm, about the same time and place as the fireball.
Another failed Russian missile test?..............
It was Obama going to Copenhagen to save the day!
It’s just Keith Olberman’s head exploding
Now I know I’m not going crazy. The past week I’ve been going out at night just to see shooting stars... I’ve been seeing several a night now. Now I know it’s from this meteor shower.
Oh yeah that’s what is was, those darn mis-fired missles again...!
Anyone for some Arctic roll? Mystery as spiral blue light display hovers above Norway
Then a green-blue beam of light shot out from its centre - lasting for ten to 12 minutes before disappearing completely.
Onlookers describing it as ‘like a big fireball that went around, with a great light around it’ and ‘a shooting star that spun around and around’.
It’s Bush’s fault.
I have not seen any fireballs, but I do notice many twinkling stars that look miscombobulated (sp?) in the night sky, looks beautiful and weird at the same time..
That one was from the Mojave Desert in Cali....
that is an incredible piece of photography/luck
I think more the latter than the former, but I agree.
I’m surprised they didn’t know about that picture already.
Obviously, this must have something to do with one of you two, right?
I can’t figure out where the Google article is referring to - all I see is “Northern Hemisphere”.
“” Meanwhile, the USGS says there was a magnitude 3.5 earthquake near Auburn, Nebraska, at 8:53 pm”
What is Michael Moore doing in Nebraska?
A FReeper did see it and startd a thread on it, can’t remember who, though. JPSB, maybe?
I thought they meant Nebraska, but who really knows??
Where was it?
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