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Submitted to YouTube by logolou: "A large ball of fire streaking across the night time skies just after midnight had many Utahn's wondering what they saw early Wednesday morning."
Video: Meteor Lights Up Night Sky Above Utah
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Now that was a powerful looking air-burst.
Any estimates as to the energy released to light up the area like? I was just thinking of Tunguska and wondering if there was ground damage from the fireball.
With reference to Tunguska, I notice that a bit of this meteor survived and was seen, still descending, after the airburst. It reminded me that there is a lake in teh Tunguska region that is believed by sme to be the impact crater of the remant of the object that survived the air-burst. Once again, if this pattern is followed, there might be a small and subtle impact feature from this object too.
In this day and age, why do people still wonder what they see? Is our education system that poor?
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| November 23, 2009 4:59 PM
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Maybe they're wondering "natural or artificial?" We've got enough stuff up there that is no longer/never was controllable that it could just as probably be a PLF or a disused satelite as a meteor or a cometary fragment.
Given the popular paranoia about fission power, I wouldn't be surprised if some of the people wondering were afraid it was a military satellite's "nuclear reactor" (an RTG) blowing up or something.
Wow.
Thatisall.