Fireballs over Germany fuel UFO speculation

[Gouda]

File under: "Offbeat News"<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/11/04/germany.ufo.reut/index.html">edition.cnn.com/2005/WORL...index.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>"Fireballs over Germany fuel UFO speculation"<br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) -- Numerous sightings of massive fireballs in the skies over Germany this week have led to an upsurge in reports of UFOs, but scientists believe the cause could be a bizarre annual meteor blitz.<br>...<br><br>NASA's science Web site (<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://science.nasa.gov)">science.nasa.gov)</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> mentions reports of recent fireball sightings in the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, North Ireland and Japan. It includes images of the fireballs, which one man likened to a spotlight.</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>Anyone spot these critters from their vantage point? <p></p><i></i>

[manxkat]

I haven't seen these, but sure wish I could (I think). Was watching the skies last night from here in North Carolina -- totally clear all week. Are there any photographs on-line of what people saw in Germany or elsewhere? <p></p><i></i>

[Connut]

over Germany, but October 28 over Japan? Still a great pic!<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.standeyo.com/NEWS/05_Pics_of_Day/051104.pic.of.day.html">www.standeyo.com/NEWS/05_...f.day.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i></i>

[Gouda]

Another pic - from Germany, off the NASA website. <br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/03nov_taurids.htm">science.nasa.gov/headline...aurids.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Eyewitness accounts describe blasts of light much stronger than your usual Tuarid meteor shower. NASA's article is less than explanatory. <br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>What's happening? "People are probably seeing the Taurid meteor shower," says meteor expert David Asher of the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland.<br><br>Most years the shower is weak, producing no more than five rather dim meteors every hour. But occasionally, the Taurids put on quite a show. Fireballs streak across the sky, ruining night vision and interrupting fishing trips.<br><br>Asher thinks 2005 could be such a year.</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br> <p></p><i></i>

[banned]

...was the Leonids. <p></p><i></i>

[dqueue]

On Halloween night, there were two separate incidents reported all across the Eastern seaboard. I heard about these in the DC area during the 10pm weather report. <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?sid=453369&nid=421&pid=1">Here is a WTOP</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> mention of the fireballs. Fox5-DC news reported witnesses seeing a fireball around 7:30pm, and another more widely reported sighting around 9:15pm.<br><br>WTF? <p></p><i></i>

[banned]

...there were a lot of fireballs in the Pacific Northwest. Some people wondered if they had to do with seismic or volcanic phenomena. <p></p><i></i>