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wetroof:
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2012/04/22/2317996/explosion-heard-in-nv-ca-traced.html

seems like quite a rare event because of the size.


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RENO, Nev. --
Astronomers say a loud explosion heard across a large swath of Nevada and California on Sunday morning was likely caused by a meteor.

 The sound of the explosion around 8 a.m. prompted a flood of calls to law enforcement agencies on both sides of the Sierra Nevada in the two states. The explosion rattled windows and shook houses from Reno to Winnemucca in Nevada, and from the Sacramento to Bakersfield areas in California.

Some people in the two states reported seeing a fireball streak across the sky at the same time.

Dan Ruby of the Fleischmann Planetarium at the University of Nevada, Reno, says the reports indicate the meteor broke up above Earth somewhere over the Sierra southwest of Reno.
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SeekinTruth:
Seems like things are continuing to "heat up"/accelerate.

Vulcan59:
Check this article out.   :)

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244485-Sierra-Fireball-Decoded-Not-a-Lyrid

Jason (ocean59):

--- Quote from: Vulcan59 on April 24, 2012, 02:20:26 AM ---Check this article out.   :)

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/244485-Sierra-Fireball-Decoded-Not-a-Lyrid

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Very interesting calculations indeed! I didn't know they were able to do that.

Gawan:
It did even make into German news and is carried from a lot of newspapers, which happens not that often.

http://de.sott.net/articles/show/6958

And so far nothing about a crashed satellite is said ;)

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