Showing posts with label East Coast meteor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label East Coast meteor. Show all posts

31 March 2009

East Coast Event--USAF: 'Bright light' not man-made object 31MAR09

USAF: 'Bright light' not man-made object
March 31, 2009 - 4:50am
Kristi King, wtop.com

WASHINGTON - The flashing lights and booming sounds that were attributed to a piece of orbiting space junk (29MAR) were not the result of a man-made object, according to the United States Air Force. ...
More: http://wtop.com/?nid=600&sid=1636442

East Coast Event NOT A ROCKET 31MAR09

NOT A ROCKET
by Dr. Tony Phillips
SpaceWeather.com 31MAR09

News reports that a Russian rocket fell over the US mid-Atlantic coast on Sunday evening, March 29th, are probably incorrect. A spent Russian rocket booster did reenter Earth's atmosphere on March 29th, but apparently not over the USA. According to data published by US Strategic Command, the reentry occurred near Taiwan (24° N, 125° E) at 11:57 p.m. EDT. So what were those lights in the sky over Maryland and Virginia two hours earlier? Eyewitness accounts of the Atlantic Coast fireball are consistent with a meteoritic bolide--a random asteroid hitting Earth's atmosphere and exploding in flight.
http://www.spaceweather.com/

East Coast Event May have been Space Junk 30MAR09


Soyuz-FG rocket booster AP/NASA photo, Bill Ingalls

Blame 'space junk' for those flashes and booms
March 30, 2009 - 11:45am
WASHINGTON - The flashing lights and booming sounds that astounded people up and down the East Coast Sunday night...
(read more)...http://wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1636442

30 March 2009

WAVY TV Newsroom-Emails about The Mystery in the Sky 30MAR09

Emails about The Mystery in the Sky
Updated: Monday, 30 Mar 2009, 8:49 AM EDT Published : Monday, 30 Mar 2009, 7:32 AM EDT
HAMPTON ROADS, Va.

- Emails received by the WAVY TV Newsroom:
9:51 p.m. - Jamie in Virginia Beach: boom heard at 9:42 pm; shook the house
9:55 p.m. - ...(Read More):
http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_wavy_emails_about_the_mystery_in_the_sky_20090330

Mysterious light in sky, loud explosion rattles nerves in Hampton Roads 30MAR09

Mysterious light in sky, loud explosion rattles nerves in Hampton Roads
07:38 AM EDT on Monday, March 30, 2009
13 TVNEWS
(VIRGINIA BEACH) - Emergency crews fanned out across the city looking for whatever caused a loud explosion Sunday night.
At around 9:45 (29MAR09) 911 dispatchers started receiving calls... (Read More and Video)http://www.wvec.com/news/topstories/stories/wvec_local_32909_strange_light.838d22a9.html