P.S.
His comment "..."The shape of it, it was just too perfect to be a piece
of junk.." is also a clue to the speed it was traveling. Could he see
the shape clearly enough if it were moving at super sonic speed? In
addition he reported he did NOT hear a sonic boom.
Or I could be spending too much time on this and have nothing better to
do right now.
Taking a day off is good... ;)
Eric
Meteorites USA wrote:
There are a few things left out of the report.
Duration of the event, distance from his location, angle of decent,
speed and azimuth. If the guy witnessed the entire event from
beginning to end and the fireball was very far away at first sighting,
that explains why he may not have heard the boom. It could be that it
reached the retardation point long before coming close to him. The
whistling noise reported is also intriguing.
The report does NOT state that the ball of fire hit the water. Only
that he witnessed a ball of fire.
EXCERPT:
"The shape of it, it was just too perfect to be a piece of junk. It
looked just like a miniature comet, pretty much," he said. "It was
really, really white with blue flames. It was pretty wild."
Butler said he didn't hear the boom, only a whistling roar as the
object flew past. The wind-blown water was really choppy, he added,
but he could see the splash when it landed.."
He did give a clue as to the direction of travel although it is
extremely vague as he doesn't say which direction he was looking but
rather the direction he was traveling (SOUTH). He stated the object
was "..coming right at my car.."
He could have been looking East or West or in his rear-view mirror for
that matter.
The point is it's a eye-witness report, and it's interesting enough to
investigate further.
Even if it does turn out to be nothing.
Eric
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