UFO 5 hours ago

Discussion in 'Astronomy, Exobiology, & Cosmology' started by Revolution, Oct 1, 2004.

  1. Revolution Registered Senior Member

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    SO I live on the west coast of the USA. Twilight is my favorite time of the day. As I was outside watching the sun come up I saw a bright star (like Venus) but it was too bright for Venus(the blue sky I mean), and it was moving real slow. Well about 10 minutes later it comes crashing into the atmosphere making a good show with a 1-1/2 inch trail of orange(ish) color not star color.

    What the hell was it is what I am trying to find out, it was going North to North East a bit from the West Coast of USA. I thought it might be SpaceShipOne but they flew on Wednesday so no. Maybe one of their competition?


    CNN or BBC has nothing on it. It was real and I watched it crash into the atmoshpere. Not trying to say UFO ALIEN, but I'd still like to know if a satalite crashed or it was China or another country's space program. Any real info would be appreciated thanks.
     
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  3. Iris Registered Senior Member

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    "West Coast" takes in a lot of territory, comprising the Pacific coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington. What part of the "West Coast"?
     
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  5. Revolution Registered Senior Member

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    Nevada near Reno
     
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  7. craterchains (Norval What will you know tomorrow? Registered Senior Member

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    Thats the west coast?

    When did the earthquake change the coast line? While I slept?
     
  8. eburacum45 Valued Senior Member

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    The object you saw sounds like a bolide; a medium sized meteor breaking up in the atmosphere.
    I have seen one myself; an excellent phenomenon.
    Venus is also visible in the morning sky; did you observe this planet? How bright was your object compared to Venus?
     
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  11. alain du hast mich Registered Senior Member

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    is there anything to suggest that it wasn't just an asteroid?
     
  12. eburacum45 Valued Senior Member

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    Well, technically, an asteroid is the name for an orbiting rock in space; none of these are visible with the naked eye.

    The name for a rock that enters the atmosphere is a meteor; if it reaches the ground it becomes a meteorite.
    A bolide is a meteor which is brighter than Venus, which is why I asked the question.
     
  13. Revolution Registered Senior Member

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    I guess Blobrana's link sounds like the most accurate example of what I saw. And if it was a 'once in a lifetime' event like it claims hell yea I saw it then. Was still an exellent show, and glad whatever it was I saw it. Thanks for the links people.
     
  14. Norman Atta Boy Registered Senior Member

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    Probably some flying saucer from an alien world who got off course and crash landed in the Pacific ocean somewhere...........Not a news worthy item these days!

    Atta Boy
     
  15. blobrana Registered Senior Member

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    Hum,
    as an update (see/find my website ) i discovered that The University of Colorado at Boulder has a news release about a meteorite fall (a witnessed event), reported by a family that “<i>had just walked out their back door into the yard at 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 5, when the meteorite flew over their heads and landed about 100 feet [33 meters] ahead of them</i>” in Berthoud, between Denver and Fort Collins.
    It is described as weighing “<i>more than two pounds</i>” (960gm) and “<i>appears to be made of igneous rock,</i>” which means it came from an object no smaller than the very largest Main Belt asteroids...

    http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2004/304.html and
    http://www.colorado.edu/fiske/
     
  16. eburacum45 Valued Senior Member

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    Igneous rock generally means it has come from the Vesta group of asteroids, which seem to have had some kind of geological activity in their past; perhaps Vesta was a little planet, once. Or the rock could have come from the Moon or other large object.
     

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