Lights in the sky
Posted: March 30th, 2009, 11:02 am
It appears that something rather larger than usual dropped from space last night. The National Weather Service says they know of nothing natural that could explain it. Which of course will set the UFO crowd buzzing about it.
It reminds me of the few times I've seen unusual things streaking across the sky at night. There was one time when I was about 12, when I was outside with my telescope. I glanced up from the eyepiece in time to see a bright white streak of light flash to the south of my traveling east to west. I never heard whether anyone else saw it besides me. Then there was a rather odd thing (or set of things, perhaps" that I saw fall just after sunset to the east of my home. Once again, there was nothing in the news about it the next day.
Years later, I was driving home from a Scout meeting with my son when we saw a rather bright green streak of light heading toward the north. That was interesting to me because that WAS in the news. In Virginia, a meteor had landed and heavily damaged a car there.
We're living in a celestial shooting gallery. I expect we'll never see the one shot that will finally take us down.
It reminds me of the few times I've seen unusual things streaking across the sky at night. There was one time when I was about 12, when I was outside with my telescope. I glanced up from the eyepiece in time to see a bright white streak of light flash to the south of my traveling east to west. I never heard whether anyone else saw it besides me. Then there was a rather odd thing (or set of things, perhaps" that I saw fall just after sunset to the east of my home. Once again, there was nothing in the news about it the next day.
Years later, I was driving home from a Scout meeting with my son when we saw a rather bright green streak of light heading toward the north. That was interesting to me because that WAS in the news. In Virginia, a meteor had landed and heavily damaged a car there.
We're living in a celestial shooting gallery. I expect we'll never see the one shot that will finally take us down.