Saturday Mar 20, 2010

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Now it was after 1am and I was tired, but I'm pretty darn sure that last night I saw something extra-terrestrial!

I was standing outside on the back patio having a cigarette when from behind the three tall trees in our backyard I saw a bright green light fall out of the sky, way off in the distance. So way off west I'm not even sure if it would have landed on the island, if it did land. Whatever it was.

I ran inside and quickly sketched it, though now looking back I'm not sure the moon was still visible. I might've added that in because I like my silver sharpie.



And then I did a bit of frantic googling and though I didn't find any photos (the thing was pretty fast!) I did find a similar drawing -- OK, this drawing is a million times better, but I'm sure actual thought and effort went into it. Mine was just so I could remember when I woke up. wink



Comments on a message board led me to the term "green fireballs" which led me to the linked Wikipedia article, which proves...

...the truth is out there people!!!
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cherry:
Yes!! Sorry, I have emails to do this afternoon, and you're on my list! I'm SO bad at emails. blush
toolkitz:
It was "the Minotaur of the Equinox"...actually just a 2nd stage rocket engine burning up on re-entry. That's an excellent sketch of it, by the way. You're right about it not landing on the island; it never even touched down in the Pacific Ocean, except as tiny tiny toxic particles of radioactive copper and spent uranium (which is cheaper than titanium, now that that has become 'hip' in the luggage and laptop computer industries. Anyhow, here's some info: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av006/
or its ancestor http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=536
They launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in the States. This one carried the 'Concordia' payload (some of this satellite's parts were designed in Montreal. Yeah!) so now if you would just fix your eyes on the end of this shiny silver pen... {PHWOOOOSH!!}

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