[meteorite-list] Fireball over Kansas video -- faked or doctored?

Rob Matson mojave_meteorites at cox.net
Sun Nov 1 18:01:04 EST 2009


Unfortunately, on closer review of that YouTube video, something
is fishy:  the "stars" are visible BELOW the horizon (e.g., in the
grass on the bottom left). It's as if someone has superimposed a
star field image on top of the background scene. This calls into
question whether the bolide, too, has been doctored in.

The star field itself is a bit odd; I can make out Cassiopeia at
the top, left of center, but it's difficult to get the other
stars in the scene to line up with known counterparts. In any
case, I did check Wichita Doppler radar for the date/time in
question, but saw nothing.  --Rob




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