This is sort of a case of "I shot an arrow in the air.
It fell to Earth, I know not where."
It is possible it landed in the Northern Pacific near
Canada. Others in Hawaii say they saw blazing debris or maybe
just a meteor in the sky. It is possible both are correct and it was
parts of the satellite which it might have started shedding as
it began to cut through the upper atmosphere.
There have been no reports of any debris hitting land or
people. When substantial objects fall from space, people have
reported hearing sonic booms as the junk breaks the sound
barrier. Nobody reported hearing such sounds so it is quite
likely that the remaining ton or so of pieces splashed
harmlessly in to the Pacific.
The impact was thought to havv occurred between Midnight
and 03:00 Eastern Standard Time in the US. I started making a
recording of 55.240 MHZ starting at 23:01 or 1 minute after
eleven P.M. in the Central time zone. I haven't had time to
listen yet, but it is possible if debris came in over Canada, it
could create an ionization cloud which would reflect the
remaining TV Channel 2 video carriers in North America. Canada
just turned off most all their analog television transmitters on
August 31 so we are running out of video carriers but if I hear
anything at all in that time window, it may be the burning
satellite.
I will be very surprised to hear anything extraordinary,
but I will let you know if it happens.
Actually, there are still tons of Channel 2 television
transmitters in North America, but they are all in Mexico which
is a bit of a stretch when you are looking toward Canada.
Sorry for the long-winded answer, but I will have a
listen to the recording and see if there is any more than the
occasional tiny meteor "ping" as they are called. Those are very
common so we are listening for a major whoosh of noise which
would very likely be some of that satellite.
Martin
"Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith" writes:
> Hello Martin
>
> I gather it hit somewhere in Canada, although I'm not sure where it was
> exactly.
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