I wonder what this was. Is it the sun hitting a vapor trail just right or something weirder? I havn't heard about any planes crashing in that area.
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[edit on 3/4/08 by MikeboydUS]
Wilkinson, 17, photographed the object, at left, from his Halswell home at 7.27pm.(visit the link for the full news article)
He said it was too slow to be a meteor or a plane, and wondered if it might be satellite debris in the western sky.