[meteorite-list] Mysterious Flash Of Light Reported in Detroit Sky

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And, God knows, we need more dismissive sarcasm injected into our kids' education, so as to extinguish any natural curiosity they may exhibit.  Keep up the good work, Jerry.


In a message dated 10/3/2004 8:46:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "GERALD FLAHERTY" <grf2 at verizon.net> writes:

>
>Ron,
>Gee! We've got to get the word out! The public has to be  apprised of the
>potential such phenomenon imply.
>Of course, as a former elementary school teacher, I certainly dropped the
>ball for 31 years.
>Who would have known???!!!
>It's a definite curriculum add on national and world wide!!
>Jerry Flaherty
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Ron Baalke" <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
>To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 1:52 AM
>Subject: [meteorite-list] Mysterious Flash Of Light Reported in Detroit Sky
>
>
>>
>>
>> http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/3774616/detail.html
>>
>> Drivers Report Mysterious Flash Of Light In Sky
>> Radio Show Host Receives Dozens Of Calls
>>
>> Click On Detroit
>> September 30, 2004
>>
>> A local radio station's phone lines lit up Thursday morning
>> after motorists reported seeing a mysterious flash of light
>> in the sky, Local 4 reported.
>>
>> Several drivers in the area of Interstate 275 and Interstate 94
>> called into WOMC radio at about 5:45 a.m. to report an
>> unidentified light flashing in the sky.
>>
>> "It was a bright flash, almost like a huge flashlight, almost
>> like a generator going off," said one caller.
>>
>> The host of the radio station's morning show, Dick Purtan, said
>> he had no answer to what people had witnessed in the sky.
>>
>> "The first thing that I thought of was that this was possibly
>> the asteroid, this big rock that's about 3 miles long and a
>> mile-and-a-half wide that actually came within a million miles
>> of earth this morning, but the trouble is they say that it's
>> not visible," Purtan said.
>>
>> Officials at the Selfridge Air National Guard Base reported no
>> flying this morning, so there were no records or photographs
>> taken that may have identified the flash of light.
>>
>> Metro airport also had no trace of the light flash because the
>> airport's radar readings only cover a 40-mile radius, Local 4
>> reported.
>>
>> The National Weather Service in Cleveland told Local 4 that the
>> mysterious light may have been moonbeams poking through the clouds.
>>
>> Local 4 attempted to contact the North American Aerospace Defense
>> Command, which protects the airspace over the United States and
>> Canada. NORAD had yet to return calls concerning the mysterious
>> light.
>>
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