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Fucking aliens woke me up - leucetios - 06-03-2004

So 2:45 this morning my bedroom door starts shaking like some 'tard is trying to get in but can't figure out he has to turn the handle. There's a distant rumbling like the Jolly Green Fucking Giant is hungry. I think, "earthquake" and ignore it. BUT NOW I AM AWAKE. Motherfucker.

Here's the official skinny on what happened and a pic:

[Image: meteor_flash_060304.jpg]

Quote:SEATTLE - A meteor about the size of a computer monitor lit up the Northwest sky early Thursday morning, setting off sharp booms that stunned witnesses.

"There was some question as to whether it was a piece of space junk burning up, but it was not," said Geoff Chester, a spokesman for the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. "People always want to know, was it something we put up there coming down again? As far as I've been able to figure out, it was simply a rock falling out of the sky, as they are wont to do on occasion."

Chester said it was a type of meteor called a bolide, one which appears bright like a fireball in the sky.

Nothing unusual was detected on National Weather Service radar, and authorities also ruled out aircraft problems or military flight tests.

Toby Smith, a University of Washington astronomy lecturer who specializes in meteorites, said the skybursts were reported over a wide area around 2:40 a.m.

Witnesses along a 60-mile swath of the Puget Sound region from the Tacoma area to Whidbey Island and as far as 260 miles to the east said the sky lit up brilliantly, and many reported booms as if from one or more explosions.

Jay Neher, a weather service meteorologist, said the agency's radar on Whidbey Island showed nothing unusual but added that the dish could have been pointed at another part of the sky at the time and could not detect objects above about 20,000 feet.

Civilian pilots reported seeing the flash from Ellensburg, east of the Cascade Range, said an FAA duty officer who did not give her name.

At Whidbey Island Naval Air Station about 40 miles north of Seattle, Petty Officer Andrew Davis said he and others saw the skyburst.

"It made a pretty big bang," Davis said. "We thought it could maybe be a meteorite or something."

In Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, about 260 miles to the east, Dick Haugen said he was driving to work at KVNI Radio when he saw a flash that he took to be lightning about 2:40 a.m. - then learned there were no lightning storms anywhere in the region.

Ralph Gaume, head of astronometry at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., said he knew of no likely source from outer space, such as a passing comet or meteor cluster or shower, but added that meteors commonly appear at random.

Astronometry is the branch of astronomy that measures the size and location of celestial objects.

Fucking aliens woke me up - Velvet - 06-03-2004

Your very lucky it didnt crash into your house Leu ...:|

Fucking aliens woke me up - VitaminE - 06-03-2004

That's crazy

Fucking aliens woke me up - Devious - 06-03-2004

They are my friends.

Fucking aliens woke me up - VitaminE - 06-03-2004

cbsnews.com has a video clip from a security camera. worth a look

Fucking aliens woke me up - leucetios - 06-03-2004

I don't know how close it was. This thing lit up a huge area. Some people in the enxt state over reported seeing the light. All I know is it woke me up.

This is my favorite citizen comment on it:

Quote:I was on my way to work this morning at at 2:40 and a yellowish, then greenish, then white then blue-white light like I have never seen before came over me. At first, I thought I was being beamed up, but no gauges on my car changed, so I knew I wasn't being 'taken'

Fucking aliens woke me up - Velvet - 06-03-2004

Did you here if it crashed anywhere ??

Fucking aliens woke me up - leucetios - 06-03-2004

None of the news sites have said anthing about finding it, or a crash site.

Fucking aliens woke me up - xoxmelxox - 06-03-2004

that is so awesome I wish i could have witnessed it. I'm glad nobody was hurt, though

Fucking aliens woke me up - Spock - 06-04-2004

I wish to apologize for my starship, the U.S.S. Enterprise and its shuttlecraft, the Gallieo 7. We were performing test on the polution contents of your atmosphere and it appears our shuttlecraft ignited the pollution with its engine cells. The shuttlecraft, in flames. was mistaken for a meteor. The shuttlecraft did not crash as the science crew onboard was able to regain control of the ship and return to the Enterprise.

Again, I wish to offically apologize for Captain Kirk and the entire crea of the Enterprise for any inconvience we may have cause with our accident. We are now aware of the dangerous nature of your pollution on a Federation ship, and we will certainly not attempt that again.

Fucking aliens woke me up - Suicide Jim - 06-04-2004

well, my curiosity on that matter is satisfied.

Fucking aliens woke me up - fuzzynuggetz - 06-04-2004

I bet Capt. Kirk got drunk again after being turned down by Ensign Rand and was lighting his own farts for amusement. Wink

Fucking aliens woke me up - Velvet - 06-04-2004

Thanks for that fuzzy it just made me laugh ... after the morning ive had I needed it Big Grin

Fucking aliens woke me up - fuzzynuggetz - 06-04-2004

You're welcome Big Grin