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16 years 9 months ago #64539 by pj30something
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Tonight as i was driving home i caught sight of something almost in the corner of my eye traveling west to east. It vanished almost as soon as i saw it. There was a good break in the cloud at the time (6:50pm approx)........so i'm pretty sure it didnt vanish behind a cloud.

Bright enough to catch my eye. Meteor,debris from the shot down satellite?

Who knows.

lasted about a second.

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16 years 9 months ago #64554 by dave_lillis
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definitely a meteor me thinks....

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16 years 9 months ago #64558 by pj30something
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There was no "fireball" thing going on that i saw in the fleeting moment i saw it so i have ruled out space debris....................unless it was a TINY piece.

But i think even the smallest part of the satellite would have a fireball look about it.

So indeed more then likely.............just a small meteor.

Its amazing what you see when you aint looking. I mean i could spend hours looking for meteors and not see one..................but when i aint looking...........sure enough i see one.

Kinda like waiting for a bus......................none come.............but when you are not waiting...................3 come.

Murphy's law i guess.

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