Explosive cloud over West Virginia, high altitude?
Our band was having a rehersal. At apx. 9m we took a break and all 6 of us went out onto the back deck. I noticed a strange site in the sky. It looked like two very large stars shaped like rectangles and lightly covered by a cloud. It was a completely clear night with no other clouds at all. The "stars" seemed to be pulsing slightly and the "nebula" surrounding them began to grow larger and disperse over the next 15 minutes. We observed the "nebula" cloud consistently moved north east. And then interestingly enough, we observed at least 3 "shooting stars" within the same 15 min. span. We saw at least 5 other small aircraft flying in the same vicinity.
At first, we discussed whether it could be the moon in cloud cover but the sky was clear and the moon was to east. Then we discussed how it appeared to be an explosion in the higher atmosphere (50,000 to 60,000 feet). One member of Zen (the band) is an experienced pilot and flight instructor and it was through his experience that we arrived at these estimates of distance. His comment was, "in all my years of flying, I've never seen anything like this." We wondered if it could possibly be a large passenger airplane enroute from Washington, DC that had exploded at that altitude (maybe a terrorist event).
((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. Please sees:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/ac167/040824track.html
http://space.com/spacewatch/mystery_cloud_040901.html
PD))
Our band was having a rehersal. At apx. 9m we took a break and all 6 of us went out onto the back deck. I noticed a strange site in the sky. It looked like two very large stars shaped like rectangles and lightly covered by a cloud. It was a completely clear night with no other clouds at all. The "stars" seemed to be pulsing slightly and the "nebula" surrounding them began to grow larger and disperse over the next 15 minutes. We observed the "nebula" cloud consistently moved north east. And then interestingly enough, we observed at least 3 "shooting stars" within the same 15 min. span. We saw at least 5 other small aircraft flying in the same vicinity.
At first, we discussed whether it could be the moon in cloud cover but the sky was clear and the moon was to east. Then we discussed how it appeared to be an explosion in the higher atmosphere (50,000 to 60,000 feet). One member of Zen (the band) is an experienced pilot and flight instructor and it was through his experience that we arrived at these estimates of distance. His comment was, "in all my years of flying, I've never seen anything like this." We wondered if it could possibly be a large passenger airplane enroute from Washington, DC that had exploded at that altitude (maybe a terrorist event).
((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. Please sees:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/ac167/040824track.html
http://space.com/spacewatch/mystery_cloud_040901.html
PD))
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Elkins
USA
15 min
15 min
38.92
-79.85
changing
WV
Occurred : 8/31/2004 21:00 (Entered as : 08/31/2004 18:00) Reported: 9/1/2004 8:43:48 AM 08:43 Posted: 9/1/2004 Location: Elkins, WV Shape: Changing Duration: 15 min Characteristics: There were lights on the object, There was an aura or haze around the object, The object emitted other objects, The object changed color, There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
Explosive cloud over West Virginia, high altitude? ((NUFORC Note: Result of earlier missile launch. PD))