Re: STS-90 Heard, Not Seen

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>At 09:05 AM 5/3/98 -0700, Jim Varney wrote:
>>
>>My daughter and I attempted to see STS-90 during reentry through some
holes
>>in the clouds during daylight (around 1540-1550 UT May 3).  Saw nothing,
>>but heard a single soft sonic boom at about 1550.  Child underwhelmed :)
>
>Same result in San Jose. Overcast was total. However, heard a single
>moderate-to-soft sonic boom at about 15:55:30. It sounded like a
>firecracker a few
>blocks away.
>
>        Robert Sheaffer - robert@debunker.com -

Ditto here in New Orleans.  The sky was partially overcast and I didn't see
anything but did hear a sonic boom at about 11:04 cdt.  It was soft and
actually sounded like a double boom.  The first soft with the next one
within a second and louder.

Henry Eikel
N,30.0,W,90.0

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