Vanity: Did anyone see flash in the sky.

Eyewitness | November 14, 2005 | Me

[El Gato]

http://mfile.akamai.com/5022/rm/coast.download.akamai.com/5022/clips/05/11/110805_meteor.ram Yep, the trail looked alot like that, but held together a bit longer I think. I only saw the flash while facing away from it, so it lasted long enough for me to turn around. Also a little higher in the sky, I think.

[El Gato]

I was walking northwest. The trail seemed to be roughly northeast, I would say. It was pretty high on the horizon--almost overhead, but a few degrees lower to the eastern horizon. I don't know exactly what time it was, but I seem to remember looking at the clock before I left, and it being around 8:20

Time is right, direction about the same I saw it, but lower in the sky. From my vantage the trail was entirely above the horizon.

[calljack]

sitting at my couch which faces almost directly north
it was about 30 degrees east of north
about 45 degrees up from the horizon.
Traveled east to west at a downward angle of approx 60 degrees.

[ApplegateRanch]

http://www.spaceweather.com/index.cgi

What's Up in Space -- 9 Nov 2005

TAURID FIREBALLS: If you're watching the night sky this week, don't be surprised if you see a fireball. Earth is orbiting through a swarm of pebble-sized meteoroids; when one hits the atmosphere, it disintegrates in a spectacular blaze of light. These fireballs are part of the annual Taurid meteor shower: full story.

(Peaks between Nov. 5th and Nov. 12th, though fireballs were reported before the "official" peak and can also occur after it.)

(We are also in the Leonid shower.)

What's Up in Space -- 11 Nov 2005

LEO-DUDS: The most famous of all meteor showers, the Leonids, peaks this year on Nov. 17th. A few years ago, the Leonids were storming, filling the skies with bright meteors. But not this year. The 2005 Leonids are expected to be few (less than 20 per hour) and hard to see because of the glaring full Moon

[elcid1970]

Maybe it was nothing more than Howard Dean reentering the atmosphere following his latest thermonuclear detonation.

[Coldwater Creek]

I have a catarac. I always see a flash in the sky!!!!!!!!!!

[McLynnan]

Ping. Y'all see anything?

No, and I'm sorry I missed it!

[DrewsDad]

Man in Black: Even the former leader of your United States of America, James Earl Carter Jr., thought he saw a UFO once, but it's been proven he only saw the planet Venus.
Roky: I'm a Republican.
Man in Black: Venus was at its peak brilliance last night. You probably thought you saw something up in the sky other than Venus, but I assure you, it was Venus.
Roky: I know what I saw.
Man in Black: Your scientists have yet to discover how neural networks create self-consciousness, let alone how the human brain processes two-dimensional retinal images into the three-dimensional phenomenon known as perception. Yet you somehow brazenly declare seeing is believing? Mr. Crikenson, your scientific illiteracy makes me shudder, and I wouldn't flaunt your ignorance by telling anyone that you saw anything last night other than the planet Venus, because if you do, you're a dead man.
Roky: You...can't threaten me.
Man in Black: I just did.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[El Gato]

Maybe it was nothing more than Howard Dean reentering the atmosphere following his latest thermonuclear detonation.

Nah couldn't have that.

It was silent.

[elcid1970]

Heh, heh, you're right. Who has ever heard a screaming meteorite? But look at the crater Dean left in early 2004.

[Eaker]

LOL!!!

[jecAK]

In re the several sightings people put up last mid-November:
If what they saw was a sudden, extremely fast, streak of blue-ish white: almost certainly a Leonid meteor (a bit of comet Tempel). If you could follow it by eye, and it was yellowish to white in color, and especially if it was bright enough to cast a shadow, likely a Taurid (from comet Encke). I went out and looked for Taurids a few times in Nov, but really bright ones (like some people probably saw) are pretty rare, and didn't get to see any before getting *really cold*.

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 2005.

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