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Originally posted by SpaceBoyPluto
I had to wake up early this morning for a job interview, at 5 AM because it was a four hour drive. As I am driving, I look to my left at the sky. As I am just about to turn my eyes back on the road, I saw something, and was quick. I didn't think it was a meteorite because it didn't have fire or anything, it was just white. It seemed that it was falling out of the sky at amazing speeds, I only saw it for about a second and a half, and it was gone. I checked all the websites to see if could find any reports on meteorites, and I found nothing.
Can anyone give me a logical explanation for this?
Also, it fell straight down, judging by how fast it seemed to be "falling" it could have been something from the atmosphere, perhaps a sattelite? If it was a sattelite, why was it completely white? You'd think if it came from the atmosphere and was falling, it would be flaming.
"I've seen shooting stars and meteor showers before, but this was much larger and much more colourful."
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Originally posted by SpaceBoyPluto
Those meteorites are much more slower in flight - my sighting was very very brief and it seemed too fast to be a meteorite, as I said, it fell from about.. 500 feet..? That is all I could see - could've been from higher up.
Originally posted by SpaceBoyPluto
Okay. Thanks!
On average, there is 40 tons of stuff falling on the Earth every day, some days more and some days less. I agree those are good answers by those posters and if you figure out how many grains of sand it takes to make up 40 tons, you get some idea of how many of these objects the size of a grain of sand hit Earth on a typical day....a lot!
Originally posted by FireballStorm
Good answers from havok and Soylent Green Is People
Basically meteors are very common., and you could easily have seen one Spend some time out observing under a dark sky as suggested, and you will probably see many more. Even perhaps a fireball-class meteor if you are lucky/spend enough time.
Originally posted by SpaceBoyPluto
I didn't think it was a meteorite because it didn't have fire or anything, it was just white..........
.....I checked all the websites to see if could find any reports on meteorites, and I found nothing.