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Topic: Fireball over Maine? Feb. 8, 2014 [video]
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Saturn V
Member Posts: 176
From: Golden, Colorado, USA
Registered: Nov 2006
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posted 02-13-2014 12:00 PM
  
Anyone want to comment on what this object is? Is it fake? Is it a contrail? I Bruce W York filmed this today saturday after noon 2/8/2014 at aprox 5:00 pm. Did anyone else see anything around this time in the sky? Does anyone know what this is or was? |
stsmithva
Member Posts: 1933
From: Fairfax, VA, USA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 02-13-2014 12:48 PM
Here is a pretty convincing argument that it is a jet contrail, lit by the low sun which cast a shadow behind it. |
Saturn V
Member Posts: 176
From: Golden, Colorado, USA
Registered: Nov 2006
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posted 02-13-2014 03:20 PM
Agreed. The thing that had me stumped was the way it did not seem to move, was pretty thick at what appeared to be "the front" of the trail, and the area that looked like black smoke. Thanks for finding the link for the explanation. I searched and searched this morning but came up empty. Fun stuff. |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1306
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 02-13-2014 03:50 PM
Yes, I have to agree also.As a contrail can suddenly seem to stop when it enters a different wind conditions and temperatures. |
p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 02-13-2014 04:37 PM
Could easily be a contrail or cloud going up at an angle away from the viewer, with the bottom part illumated by low-angle sun and the upper shaded by clouds from behind the viewer's shoulder. |
gliderpilotuk
Member Posts: 3398
From: London, UK
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 02-14-2014 05:03 AM
quote:
Originally posted by stsmithva:
Here is a pretty convincing argument that it is a jet contrail, lit by the low sun which cast a shadow behind it.
100% |
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