Possible explanation for 'hearing' meteorites, meteors and aurora

I can recall when I was in the Northwest Territories, Yukon Territory and Alaska. I was fortunate to see the aurora borealis. More than half the time, I also noticed that I could hear strange sounds. What always intrigued me is that the sounds seemed to coincide with the strange visual convolutions of the sky. It was wonderous. I saw beauty flex and fold against the sky, accompanied by crackling, clicking, what sounded like bird sounds, and distant horns. I can well imagine how our ancient ancestors might have interpreted those sights and sounds.

But, I was puzzled. How can a sound and and sight manifest at the same time? Classical physics would have no solution for that problem.

Many years later, I witnessed a meteor shower in which we could not only see contrails, but HEAR them. How is this possible? It didn't seem to bother the people who were also watching, but it bothered me a LOT!! How can these phenomena occur simultaneously??? Impossible.

And then, in ScienceNews, I see the answer. Why you can see and hear meteors at the same time.

This explanation makes sense to me.

The sound waves aren’t coming from the meteor itself, atmospheric scientists Michael Kelley of Cornell University and Colin Price of Tel Aviv University propose April 16 in Geophysical Research Letters. As the leading edge of the falling space rock vaporizes, it becomes electrically charged. The charged head produces an electric field, which yields an electric current that blasts radio waves toward the ground. As a type of electromagnetic radiation, radio waves travel at the speed of light and can interact with metal objects near the ground, generating a whistling sound that people can hear.

Isn't this wonderful! Well. For us weather/space/physics geeks it's wonderful. I should have thought of this myself.

Anyway, thought you'd want to know, if you haven't figured it out for yourself already.

originally posted by: argentus
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As a super mod, do you really need an explanation?

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Hit the wrong button?

Been there.

a reply to: TerryDon79

What possible explanation for this happening.

Perhaps CERN sucked Argentus out of his brain and theres an extradimensional doppelganger in there suddenly, just as Argenstus was about to paste in his writing.

originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
a reply to: TerryDon79

What possible explanation for this happening.

Perhaps CERN sucked Argentus out of his brain and theres an extradimensional doppelganger in there suddenly, just as Argenstus was about to paste in his writing.

Nah. I think it was the Mandela effect caused by chemtrails and GMO poisoning.

originally posted by: argentus
Possible explanation for..

For? Don't leave us hanging like this!

Male pattern baldness? Where our socks go in the dryer? DB's overly mole-filled back?

Come on man!

a reply to: TerryDon79

Maybe CNN scrambled his brain real quick.

Or it was the MIB and their "Flashy Thing".

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: argentus
Possible explanation for..

Male pattern baldness?

Baldness pixies

Where our socks go in the dryer?

Sock pixies.

DB's overly mole-filled back?

Evil NWO pixies.

originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
a reply to: TerryDon79

Wait....

Who are you?

Maybe it was the Freemason's snatched him up off the park bench just as he was opening the post a new thread page.

Those damn mason's be body snatching people left & right with that double headed eagle.

This is the most captivating thread and post you've made, Argentus!

Star and flag

I just checked argentus' Facebook page. He was just raided by the police while live streaming on Facebook. Here's the live shot video from it ZOMG!



Dont worry argentus, will send a wool blanket and hot cocoa up there to you in Jacksonville!

Where our socks go in the dryer?

Everyone knows the Underpants Gnomes be stealing all the socks. South park scientifically proved it:

LMAO, wow! can't believe this is for real. And why did they bleep him? I couldn't understand a word he was saying a reply to: IgnoranceIsntBlisss

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FREE ARGENTUS!!!!!!!

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Edit: Very cool! I have never had the privilege of hearing a meteor at high altitude causing an EM pulse of sorts.

A mod making a common posting enter key mistake

His regular subject can't be as interesting as him getting the "notice"

All of that is the reason for " ' "?
To which prophet do we owe the glory for the apostrophe?

a reply to: TerryDon79

both our conversations are off-topic, however, let's all ride the rain.

Yes, I knew I'd had a finger-fumble, however decided to persevere, much as most of the rest of us have when faced with a finger-fumble.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.