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A great ball of fire streaked across the Texas sky during the daytime last week, much to the surprise of thousands of people who witnessed it. So bright that it looked "like a little piece of the sun falling," as one San Antonio resident told the local news station, the rare daytime meteor event was yet another example of the scientific mystery known as spring fireball season.
Although there have been numerous sightings on April 2 in Texas, this particular example is not a meteor. In fact, it’s not from space at all. It’s a contrail highlighted by the orange hue of sunset.
As mentioned by Discovery News’ Jason Major, there were indeed sightings of a meteor over Texas on April 2, but this particular eyewitness video footage was not it.
Originally posted by POPtheKlEEN89
reply to post by Aloysius the Gaul
As mentioned by Discovery News’ Jason Major, there were indeed sightings of a meteor over Texas on April 2, but this particular eyewitness video footage was not it.
at least put that into your post also.
Originally posted by Leigh3
April fireball season .
Originally posted by ArchPlayer
I can't find any documentation to support it.
The frequency at which fireballs appear varies in several ways. First of all there is a distinct increase of brighter meteors within some showers (see below). Then, there is a seasonal variation: around the time of the vernal equinox, fireball rates are about three times the rates seen around the autumnal equinox in the northern hemisphere. This ratio was derived by Halliday and Griffin (1982) for meteorite falls; it was proven by Rendtel and Knöfel (1989) for visual and photographic fireballs.
Originally posted by zorgon
Every year in April you get the Lyrid Meteor Shower... that usually produces nice fireballs so yeah April is fireball season...
Originally posted by zorgon
However... this video is a contrail catching evening sunlight
Originally posted by zorgon
The really sad thing is that main stream media cannot tell the difference