Re: Eastern Australia "strange spiral light in the sky".

From: Brent Gordon (SeeSat@adobe-labs.com)
Date: Sun Jun 06 2010 - 00:27:20 UTC

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    The Bad Astronomy Blog has a detailed response:
    http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/06/05/oh-those-falcon-ufos/
    
    On 6/5/2010 5:39 PM, Wally Anglesea wrote:
    > > From that article,
    > -0-----------------------
    > But Doug Moffett from UFO Research NSW says he has a few problems with this
    > theory.
    >
    > "Firstly, the time of the launch was 18.45 GMT, which translates to 4.45am
    > EST, the duration of the flight was 9 minutes 38 seconds - this is a full
    > hour before the reported sightings," he said.
    >
    > "Secondly, where was the glow from the boosters or from the friction created
    > by the craft moving through the atmosphere, where was the tail of the
    > rocket?
    >
    > "Thirdly, why would anyone launch a rocket on a maiden test flight with a
    > trajectory that would take it over the most heavily populated parts of
    > Australia?
    >
    > "And how big must this rocket have been to be seen so clearly, at the same
    > time, over such a vast distance?"
    > ------------------------------------------------
    >
    > Perhaps one of the members on this list could address this scientifically.
    >
    >
    > My first thoughts are that he has no idea of simple orbital mechanics, and
    > "glow from the boosters or friction" is just dumb.
    > As for "how big must it be" is immaterial, when we are talking about the
    > cloud.
    >
    >
    > Cheers,
    > Wally Anglesea
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    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: seesat-l-bounces+wanglese=bigpond.net.au@satobs.org
    > [mailto:seesat-l-bounces+wanglese=bigpond.net.au@satobs.org] On Behalf Of
    > Michael&  Caroline Rice
    > Sent: Saturday, 5 June 2010 10:51
    > To: seesat-l@satobs.org
    > Subject: Eastern Australia "strange spiral light in the sky".
    >
    > >From<http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/05/2919095.htm>
    > http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/05/2919095.htm comes this:
    > "It had a distinct bright centre, much like a bright star, indicating an
    > object shedding light trails, spiralling and fattening out from it," and
    > "It certainly had that lollipop-type swirl ... but it was travelling low and
    > fairly fast, and as it went past me and I looked up, it looked like a row of
    > lights, maybe four lights," he said.
    >
    > There are also a couple of descriptions here:
    > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hrWjkn_DHs (in comments on a video from the
    > December 2009 sighting over Norway)
    >
    > Michael
    >
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