needle ninja Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Awesome pictures! and it may not be the last because a larger one is close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormion Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 ''meteor'' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needle ninja Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 Yes, smaller than an asteroid. The asteroid that few by a few hours later didn't hit anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procyon Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Ball of fire over Rio de Janeiro this last Sunday. For those thinking it was a plane against sunset rays, authorities said it was not. But they also don't know what it was. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjArODbkSiM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drosophila Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 looks like an airplane to me, and meteor would travel much faster. and I guess it would not be the first time that a flight log was not correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procyon Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 People in Rio are used to see contrails, Rio has 2 busy airports. This one made to the TV, unusual as it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drosophila Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 it could be non-civil high altitude aircraft maybe... more likely than a fireball any ways , but strange it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procyon Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Man you know how to be stubborn, don't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drosophila Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 ehhhh... what do you suggest it is then?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procyon Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 ehhhh... what do you suggest it is then?! I suggest nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoebis Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 The reason why the meteor(s) were so "slow", is simply because the atmosphere makes them so much slower... It brakes their speed enourmous (that's why they burn and fall apart at that moment), so it is 100% normal it is not so fast... The closer to the earth, the slower it goes!! (but it is still insanely fast for humans anyway...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drosophila Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 @ procyon well that's kind of boring so you think it is a ball of fire (what ever that is) as you write in the initial post? And what did the media speculate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drosophila Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 The reason why the meteor(s) were so "slow", is simply because the atmosphere makes them so much slower... It brakes their speed enourmous (that's why they burn and fall apart at that moment), so it is 100% normal it is not so fast... The closer to the earth, the slower it goes!! (but it is still insanely fast for humans anyway...) I am guessing that you are referring to the Russian meteor? I think there is quite a debate on the actual entry speed, but yes incredible fast for any object normally travelling through our atmosphere... but the footage from Rio shows something totally different... and it surely does not move as a meteor... way to slow. I personally think since the Russian meteor changes how people perceive these objects, quite natural I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procyon Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 @ procyon well that kind of boring so you think it is a ball of fire (what ever that is) as you write in the initial post? And what did the media speculate? Witnesses who saw it described as a ball of fire, adamantly denying it was a plane (at this point I wonder why people who are half the Earth away keep affirming it was a plane, discrediting local witnesses and authorities. Also, why the hell would a person who sees contrails, a very common sight any place in the world, testify it was a ball of fire? It would not make the news if it really was contrails). As for rumours of what it was, you may guess: flying saucers, the Lord Our Savior, Satan, Superman, the Apocalypse, etc etc etc...everything, but a plane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procyon Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Jus in the news right now: two huge balls of fire were seen passing over Rio and Vitoria this afternoon. This time authorities say they were meteors. They don't know if this happening is related to the Russian incident or with the one filmed over Rio last Sunday - which was not a meteor, TV said. But no one knows yet what it was. What is going on?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needle ninja Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 The video could have been an asteroid passing through the upper atmosphere. If filmed from a direction it is going away from, the speed would be hard to judge. Asteroids seem to travel together. They form belts and the Earth might be passing by a stream of them now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drosophila Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 The video could have been an asteroid passing through the upper atmosphere. If filmed from a direction it is going away from, the speed would be hard to judge. Asteroids seem to travel together. They form belts and the Earth might be passing by a stream of them now. Well an asteroid not possible.. a meteoroid; increased possibility. But judging on the size of the contrail (and that is what it is no matter what ever is causing it because of its speed) I think it is very unlikely since you would expect it to slow down and reduce the contrail size when moving through the atmosphere. And if it was to move away (not dropping to the ground) so to speak would suggest a high enough speed (and hence energy) that can stay vertical in plane of entry which again makes it unlikely, but of course it makes it harder to judge speed, surely. But that it would have anything to do with the Ural meteor is non-sense, especially considering the argument of a lower entry speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needle ninja Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 Just trying to throw off your thinking it was an alien invasion, we must have the element of surprise... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drosophila Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 ohh yeshh an alien invasion... now we are talking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormion Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 And now in California Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reger Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 There was also similar huge meteor, that didnt create any havoc, observed above California(?) the same day(or next day?). Read about it at space.com I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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