Fireball going across the sky when trying to watch the initial Antares launch on 10/27/14
I went out to see if I could see the launch of the Antares rocket which could be viewed moving from the southwest toward the south. I saw a large bright object moving in that exact trajectory at a high rate of speed and I had my wife come look at what I thought was the rocket. There were no flashing lights or red and green lights on this object and it was moving too fast to be a jet. I logged onto the NASA mission control site to watch the live feed and I hear that the launch was scrubbed due to a sailboat that was in the area below the projected path. I really want to know what was I looking at? Unfortunately, I tried to watch the postponed launch again last night and the vehicle exploded right after takeoff.
((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD))
I went out to see if I could see the launch of the Antares rocket which could be viewed moving from the southwest toward the south. I saw a large bright object moving in that exact trajectory at a high rate of speed and I had my wife come look at what I thought was the rocket. There were no flashing lights or red and green lights on this object and it was moving too fast to be a jet. I logged onto the NASA mission control site to watch the live feed and I hear that the launch was scrubbed due to a sailboat that was in the area below the projected path. I really want to know what was I looking at? Unfortunately, I tried to watch the postponed launch again last night and the vehicle exploded right after takeoff.
((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD))
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South Kingstown
USA
5-10 minutes
5-10 minutes
fireball
RI
Occurred : 10/27/2014 18:50 (Entered as : 10/27/14 18:50) Reported: 10/29/2014 8:09:36 AM 08:09 Posted: 11/6/2014 Location: South Kingstown, RI Shape: Fireball Duration: 5-10 minutes
Fireball going across the sky when trying to watch the initial Antares launch on 10/27/14