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Date: 04 Aug 2006 19:17:57
From: William Hamblen
Subject: Fireball Over Texas 'Turned Night Into Day


http://www.local6.com/news/9628604/detail.html

A police officer near Lakeway, TX, caught a meteor or re-entering apce
junk on his video camera.

Bud
--
The night is just the shadow of the Earth.




 
Date: 04 Aug 2006 18:48:44
From: RJ
Subject: Re: Fireball Over Texas 'Turned Night Into Day


I understand the "fireball" was a Russian booster stage.

"William Hamblen" <wrhamblen@comcast.net > wrote in message
news:rno7d25pvf2kd6hm3143etggk7macpbga1@4ax.com...
> http://www.local6.com/news/9628604/detail.html
>
> A police officer near Lakeway, TX, caught a meteor or re-entering apce
> junk on his video camera.
>
> Bud
> --
> The night is just the shadow of the Earth.




 
Date: 05 Aug 2006 15:51:55
From: MT
Subject: Re: Fireball Over Texas 'Turned Night Into Day



"William Hamblen" <wrhamblen@comcast.net > wrote in message
news:rno7d25pvf2kd6hm3143etggk7macpbga1@4ax.com...
> http://www.local6.com/news/9628604/detail.html
>
> A police officer near Lakeway, TX, caught a meteor or re-entering apce
> junk on his video camera.
>
> Bud
> --
> The night is just the shadow of the Earth.

Nice stuff. I was probably space junk. You can see it do an explosive thing
twice and
the light given off is blue. (indicates burning aluminum or even magnesium).