Not fake, just poor interpretation. Notes on the STS-80 UFOs" -- James Oberg, January 1997 http://www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/updates/1999/feb/m20-015.shtml
-- Richard Kowalski http://fullmoonphotography.net IMCA #1081 --- On Thu, 8/27/09, JoshuaTreeMuseum <joshuatreemus...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > From: JoshuaTreeMuseum <joshuatreemus...@embarqmail.com> > Subject: [meteorite-list] fireball video from space > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Thursday, August 27, 2009, 11:53 AM > Greg, > > I'm pretty sure this video is a phony animation. This > looks nothing like a sprite, with their characteristic > trumpet shape. A sprite is an upward reaction to > proton lightning, and if there was a proton lightning > strike, it would surely show up on the video. You can > clearly see regular negative lightning strikes from the > space shuttle. Since there are no signs of any > lightning pos or neg on the video, I think it's a fake. > > Phil Whitmer > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
