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reply posted on 1-4-2010 @ 09:26 PM by shauny
reply to post by Misoir





Its a hard noise to describe.

Kinda like a jetfighter going over your head, but the sound only lasting 1 or 2 seconds, maybe less.

I took a wee walk up to the top of the hill, as far as I could.
Can still hear banging, like Construction.

This isnt, like a mile away from me, its more like 5 maybe more.

100% heard a bang
100% did not burn up
It was speeding at a major speed and falling.

I was looking up, as a I do (have posted recent threads on things I seen near the sun), and I seen this.
I look up a lot, so I see a lot.


reply posted on 1-4-2010 @ 09:30 PM by shauny
reply to post by psilo simon


If you saw it a few mins before I posted this, then yes, we saw the same thing.

Just to add, It fell to the west and behind me.
It was still on fire and like a bullet, curving down, behind the Drumbrea hill, in a north/north/west direction (ish).

If it burnt up, it burnt up close to ground

Could it have hit the forth river?



reply posted on 1-4-2010 @ 09:38 PM by psilo simon
Originally posted by shauny
reply to post by psilo simon


If you saw it a few mins before I posted this, then yes, we saw the same thing.

Just to add, It fell to the west and behind me.
It was still on fire and like a bullet, curving down, behind the Drumbrea hill, in a north/north/west direction (ish).

If it burnt up, it burnt up close to ground

Could it have hit the forth river?


Hmm, I dont think so, it was still high in the sky when it burnt out.
I think that our two different vantage points are responsible for our differing accounts of this thing. But the more I think of it, your account of it also suggests we may have seen two different objects. I suppose we`ll never know for sure, and that is very frustrating.

Anyhow, I need sleep now, catch ye Shauny mate, aw the best.


reply posted on 1-4-2010 @ 09:45 PM by webpirate
Originally posted by shauny
reply to post by psilo simon


If you saw it a few mins before I posted this, then yes, we saw the same thing.

Just to add, It fell to the west and behind me.
It was still on fire and like a bullet, curving down, behind the Drumbrea hill, in a north/north/west direction (ish).

If it burnt up, it burnt up close to ground

Could it have hit the forth river?


It is possible if it was a large meteor, that it broke apart as it was coming in. You both could have seen different parts of the same "rock." Or a part of the main rock that did burn up while the main part came in.

This still doesn't explain why there are helicopters and those noises you are hearing in the area. You would think though that there is no way that stuff could be mobilized as quickly as it sounds like it was.

Unless "they" knew it was coming....


reply posted on 1-4-2010 @ 09:58 PM by shauny
reply to post by muuuhahahaha



This isnt the usual flight path. (I have put that in Blue)

Hope this helps..




reply posted on 1-4-2010 @ 10:17 PM by gougitousakusha
www.meteorblog.com... might have relevant information, not gonna quote any because i fail at not plagiarizing. Gratz on the cool sight


reply posted on 1-4-2010 @ 10:20 PM by psilo simon
Originally posted by shauny
twitter.com...

No idea what it means.

Anyone ?


Google chrome translated it for me, it seems the only reference to meteor showers is in the title, they digress to jibbering about candy sticks.

I cant get a link to the translated page.

Nothing of any consequence I dont think.




I really need to get to sleep...Arrrghh.


reply posted on 1-4-2010 @ 10:22 PM by defcon5
Its called a Bolide, or Fireball, and is a fairly common occurrence. The bang was from it breaking the sound barrier as it reentered. I have seen quite a few of those down here in FL as this is a fairly flat area near the equator. The thing that always gets me is how close they look, when in reality they are usually hundreds of miles away.
Here are some videos of other boilides:




reply posted on 1-4-2010 @ 10:27 PM by psilo simon
reply to post by defcon5



Yeah Defcon, the first is REMOTELY similar to what I witnessed.

I did wonder if the apparent close proximity of it was indeed an illusion.


I`m not saying that 100% wasn`t as close as it seemed, but that may explain something about it.


reply posted on 1-4-2010 @ 10:32 PM by defcon5
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I saw one when I was up in northern US, it looked like it landed a few miles away from where I was. Ended up that it hit a trailer over in Canada! Because of their extremely high altitude, and their brightness, they optically appear to be closer then they are. Most of the ones that I have seen down here in FL are falling into the ocean or the Gulf of Mexico, but they look like you could drive to where they fell at.
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