What's that in the sky?

[Tom]

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/US/02/16/texas.sky.debris/art.meteor.news8.jpg


(CNN) -- Just like some U.S. officials looking into the mystery, the man who captured video of an apparent fireball plunging from the sky over Texas on Sunday is perplexed about what it was.

"I don't know what I saw in the sky. It was something burning and falling really fast," Eddie Garcia, a videographer for News 8 Austin, told CNN Monday.

"I'm looking in the viewfinder and I see, just, something flying through the sky. And it kind of looks like it could be dust, it could be something, and then I look up and, no, it was something burning in the sky," he said.

"And you know, this is something that you see at night clearly during a meteor shower or something like that, but you don't see something like that during the day."

Authorities in Texas said there were reports of sonic booms in the area Sunday as well.

Early speculation was that it might have been debris from two satellites -- one American, one Russian -- that rammed into each other in space a week ago.

But the U.S. Strategic Command, which tracks satellite debris, said it was not. "There is no correlation between those reports and any of that debris from the collision," command spokeswoman Maj. Regina Winchester told CNN Monday.

So what was it? "I don't know," she responded. "It's possible it was some kind of natural phenomenon, maybe a meteor."


[Full Story] (http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/16/texas.sky.debris/index.html) [Video] (http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/16/texas.sky.debris/index.html#cnnSTCVideo)

What do you think it could've been? :O

[Samwesty999]

I believe in UFOs and Aliens, so it could be something related to that. Who knows. :confused:

[Maine Rocks]

That is really strange. I honestly don't know what it could have been.

[ironicman520]

I think it was a piece of satellite that must have hurdled down to earth. I am baffled honestly. -_- Maybe it could have been an asteroid that not even scientists could figure out?

Edit: Sonic Booms? Sonic must have been there lol jk

[link4562]

If that's not from the satellites that crashed, I don't know what that is.

[Robo]

That's strange. Who knows what it could've been? It looks like a paper bag caught in the wind in that picture.

[Tolni]

A-alliens! THEY SAW THE SATELITE CATASTROPHE AND THEY KNOW THAT THERE IS LIZFE ON EARTH! WE`RE DOOMED! *unserious voice turned off*
Nah,I think that it is parts of the satelite.

[Tom]

I think it was a piece of satellite that must have hurdled down to earth. I am baffled honestly. -_- Maybe it could have been an asteroid that not even scientists could figure out?

If that's not from the satellites that crashed, I don't know what that is.

That's what I thought at first, but they've already ruled out that possibility.

That's strange. Who knows what it could've been? It looks like a paper bag caught in the wind in that picture.

Have you watched the video?

EDIT:

A-alliens! THEY SAW THE SATELITE CATASTROPHE AND THEY KNOW THAT THERE IS LIZFE ON EARTH! WE`RE DOOMED! *unserious voice turned off*
Nah,I think that it is parts of the satelite.


Does anyone read entire posts anymore?

[Butters]

Wow you guy's posts are so simple, naive and barely thought through. I know what it is!

[Powdinet]

I can't watch the video. It won't load or nothing.

Although it pretty much explains itself. The fireball is simply... A Baseball on fire.

[Tom]

I can't watch the video. It won't load or nothing.

Although it pretty much explains itself. The fireball is simply... A Baseball on fire.

I found a version of it on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1wgPyzlL2M (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QIdmzL_Miw)

[Tolni]

Fireball on fire? Come on,this is a joke.

[Butters]

I found a version of it on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QIdmzL_Miw

Thanks for posting the link for that, cnn is slow for me.

Aw you deleted the posts. Me sorry :)

[Powdinet]

I found a version of it on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1wgPyzlL2M (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QIdmzL_Miw)

Oh sorry for the spam. I can't help myself.

But that looks a real Baseball. Or a comet, which is relativly close

[Tolni]

Yeah.It looks like a white mini-nebula.

[ironicman520]

I just thought of something else. Maybe it could have been a piece from an airplane?.....

[Powdinet]

I just thought of something else. Maybe it could have been a piece from an airplane?.....

So a piece of metal falls from an airplane and nobody notices? Not to meantion that the airplane could malfunction and fall...

[Chandru]

I just thought of something else. Maybe it could have been a piece from an airplane?.....

Where's the rest of the plane?

[The Chosen One]

Isn't that the really rare lightning where it flies through the sky?

[Tom]

Isn't that the really rare lightning where it flies through the sky?

You need clouds for lightning and I didn't see any clouds in the video. :confused:

[worldking01]

It was identified as a pickup truck-sized meteor with the consistency of concrete.

[ironicman520]

It was identified as a pickup truck-sized meteor with the consistency of concrete.

Okay so it is a meteor. ...my guess with the airplane one was bad.

[TnT]

It was actually the moon's tears.
Crying because the sun doesn't think it's good enough.

[link4562]

This reminds me of ye ole UFO thread, where I posted a UFO I saw in South Dakota:
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg119/link4562/P7080194.jpg

[zapy9]

That falling thing was obviously gravity :rolleyes:

[Jay Bird]

IT WAS LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS!! *Is shot for Beatles reference*

[Lambo178]

I believe it was a meteor.

[boznak]

It's the super devil hes come to seek revenge on Earth :shout:

Or one of those meteors that don't completely burn up in the atmosphere and crash land in random places. No big deal... unless it's Jesus... it's all shiny and white... and I'm pretty sure it's on fire because Jesus has super saiyan abilities. What? ITS TOTALLY IN REVELATIONS PEOPLE

[Dracophile]

Weather balloon.

[Zish||Skivenski]

I don't know. There have been so many of these things... and none of them are real. -_-
It could be a bird, a plane, or even SUPERMAN.:O

[Chargers2133]

I've seen this on the History channel before. I don't know what else it could be besides a flying saucer.

[Mook]

I wonder what it was.

My news channel said it was the size of a pick up truck.:O

[walmartshrty]

It was obviously Photoshop, at it again.

[Coben is me]

What do you think it could've been? :O

Somebody let go of their balloon and it floated away.

[Samwesty999]

Somebody let go of their balloon and it floated away.

That is probably the best answer so far. I actually think it could have been a balloon too! :P

[LOL]

Sorry guys, I think I flamed up a bit eaarly. You shouldn't have seen it D: I haz supah powerz

[Chandru]

That is probably the best answer so far. I actually think it could have been a balloon too! :P

Balloons the size of pickup trucks. Come on!

[Powdinet]

Balloons don't show up out of nothing in the sky. and Helium baloons go up, not down, unless the helium start to get away from the balloon.

[Someone Else]

Thats one freakishly heavy balloon if it is one.

Oh wait, I think its an experimental government aircraft. [/repetitive excuse]

[link4562]

I wonder what it was.

My news channel said it was the size of a pick up truck.:O
Same, they said it was a meteorite the size of a pickup truck.

[GluGluCute]

The Stratosphere has failed us again. CURSE YOU!!

Before ya know it, pickup truck-sized meteors will be a daily thing. "Today's forecast will be sunny with a chance of pickup truck-sized meteors showers.

[worldking01]

Weather balloon.

Lol. I am not sure if its a good thing that I laughed at that. But it was a meteor, about the size of a Pickup Truck.