[meteorite-list] fireball video from space

[Richard Kowalski]

Not fake, just poor interpretation.

Notes on the STS-80 UFOs" -- James Oberg, January 1997
http://www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/updates/1999/feb/m20-015.shtml


--
Richard Kowalski
http://fullmoonphotography.net
IMCA #1081


--- On Thu, 8/27/09, JoshuaTreeMuseum <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> From: JoshuaTreeMuseum <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] fireball video from space
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Thursday, August 27, 2009, 11:53 AM
> Greg,
> 
> I'm pretty sure this video is a phony animation.  This
> looks nothing like a sprite, with their characteristic
> trumpet shape.  A sprite is an upward reaction to
> proton lightning, and if there was a proton lightning
> strike, it would surely show up on the video.  You can
> clearly see regular negative lightning strikes from the
> space shuttle.  Since there are no signs of any
> lightning pos or neg on the video, I think it's a fake.
> 
> Phil Whitmer 
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