Mystery fireball streaks across Texas sky

Deutschbag · Feb 16, 2009

I searched and did not see this posted anywhere. If it is just tell me.

http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=232117

The U.S. Strategic Command Monday said there's no relation between the collision of two satellites over Siberia last week and the weekend shower of fireballs over Texas. What looked like a fireball streaked across the Texas sky Sunday morning, leading many people to call authorities to report seeing falling debris.
Preliminary reports from Williamson County officials said a small aircraft went down, and then officials said it was likely space debris from two satellites crashing.
The Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday that it received numerous reports across Texas of falling debris, which could have been related to a recent U.S.-Russian satellite collision.
FAA spokesman Roland Herwig said officials suspected the debris could be related to the collision, but he said that had not been confirmed. WATCH THE VIDEO Ths sky is falling

News 8 photojournalist Eddie Garcia captured the fiery debris fall from the sky.

News 8 received numerous calls saying debris was falling around midmorning Sunday, what looked like a meteor. Some of the callers reported what looked like a fireball in the sky.
Williamson County officials combed the area in a helicopter searching for any trace of a small aircraft landing, but were unable to find anything.
The FAA notified pilots on Saturday to be aware of possible space debris after a collision Tuesday between U.S. and Russian communication satellites.
The chief of Russia's Mission Control said clouds of debris from the collision will circle Earth for thousands of years and threaten numerous satellites.
The debris field from the collision is described as huge, but scientists are still trying to determine the full scope of the crash.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Still Smokin · Feb 16, 2009

Good thing I just picked up incase there is an invasion. Gunna have to roll up a monster blunt!

Rhasta · Feb 16, 2009

Unless it's something man made, it's most likely a comet burning up in the atmosphere.

docleary · Feb 16, 2009

there were two satellites that recently collided. maybe those?

edit- actually read the quote from the other website...

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