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I think I just saw a meteor
« on: July 08, 2012, 01:37:25 AM »
This one was pretty bright, moving kind of south to north.  I could see it clearly even with the street lights, and the moon was behind it, and I didn't have my glasses on. 

I wasn't aware of any meteor showers scheduled for early July.  Guess it might have been a satellite or a large hunk of space junk burning up.
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Re: I think I just saw a meteor
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2012, 01:55:53 AM »
The aliens love people like you that look for any reasonable explanation first.  [tinfoil]

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Re: I think I just saw a meteor
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2012, 02:12:26 AM »
Quote from: zxcvbob on July 08, 2012, 01:37:25 AM
This one was pretty bright, moving kind of south to north.  I could see it clearly even with the street lights, and the moon was behind it, and I didn't have my glasses on. 

I wasn't aware of any meteor showers scheduled for early July.  Guess it might have been a satellite or a large hunk of space junk burning up.


Meteors fall to earth pretty much every single day. The vast majority are no larger than a pebble and burn up completely in the atmosphere. Meteor showers are only when a number of them radiate out from the same point in the sky, and are usually caused by large clumps of dust which are often associated with comets.
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Re: I think I just saw a meteor
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2012, 08:35:11 AM »
Quote from: Jim147 on July 08, 2012, 01:55:53 AM
The aliens love people like you that look for any reasonable explanation first.  [tinfoil]

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Did they do....experiments on you Jim?
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Re: I think I just saw a meteor
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2012, 09:22:26 AM »
Quote from: lupinus on July 08, 2012, 08:35:11 AM
Did they do....experiments on you Jim?
He doesn't remember...  ;)
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Re: I think I just saw a meteor
« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2012, 09:40:11 AM »
Quote from: 280plus on July 08, 2012, 09:22:26 AM
He doesn't remember...  ;)
Probably for the best.
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Re: I think I just saw a meteor
« Reply #6 on: July 08, 2012, 09:51:18 AM »
Swam gas.....it was swamp gas.....  :police: :cool: :police:
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Re: I think I just saw a meteor
« Reply #7 on: July 08, 2012, 11:23:56 AM »
I saw a Comet once.

It came from Mercury  =)
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Re: I think I just saw a meteor
« Reply #8 on: July 08, 2012, 11:40:42 AM »
I spend a lot of time driving around in rural areas at night. even just looking out the windshield I see several a month. The green ones are my favorite.
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Re: I think I just saw a meteor
« Reply #9 on: July 08, 2012, 11:55:51 AM »
The ones that appear to hover? 

That's the mothership.   =D
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Re: I think I just saw a meteor
« Reply #10 on: July 08, 2012, 02:12:39 PM »
Probing is just another word for nothing left to lose.
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Re: I think I just saw a meteor
« Reply #11 on: July 08, 2012, 03:29:37 PM »
Quote from: seeker_two on July 08, 2012, 09:51:18 AM
Swam gas.....it was swamp gas.....  :police: :cool: :police:

Probably from Uranus
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Re: I think I just saw a meteor
« Reply #12 on: July 08, 2012, 05:57:33 PM »
Quote from: zxcvbob on July 08, 2012, 01:37:25 AM
This one was pretty bright, moving kind of south to north.  I could see it clearly even with the street lights, and the moon was behind it, and I didn't have my glasses on. 

You sure it wasn't Mrs. Smith, running from a spider found in the shower?

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Re: I think I just saw a meteor
« Reply #13 on: July 08, 2012, 07:53:33 PM »
Quote from: MillCreek on July 08, 2012, 02:12:39 PM
Probing is just another word for nothing left to lose.
Yeah, but it's such a pain in the ass
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Re: I think I just saw a meteor
« Reply #14 on: July 08, 2012, 08:13:43 PM »
Couldn't have been me. You'd have heard the screams.

I've seen a couple shooting stars (like about three) and that's it. Guess I haven't spent enough time stargazing.
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Re: I think I just saw a meteor
« Reply #15 on: July 08, 2012, 08:36:43 PM »
Did it look like this?

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Re: I think I just saw a meteor
« Reply #16 on: July 08, 2012, 10:38:44 PM »
They told me they had to stop doing the probes. Too many of the guys they used to picked up in the middle of the night from the sheep fields seemed to enjoy them too much.  :O

I just spent some time explaining why the probe didn't seem to effect Hawking.  :facepalm:

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