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NORAD scrambled to investigate Vapor Trail

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That's strange! In the Pacific Northwest and Southwestern Canada, a huge fireball was seen this morning. Turns out it was debris from a Russian missile burning up in the atmosphere. Wonder if that's what this trail could be related to?

A huge fireball? I live Abbotsford BC (Southwestern) and at like 7am I was outside watching the sunrise it was all pink and awesome looking amongst the waffle pattern cloud layer :D I never heard of this fireball thing... elaborate :-hahBest Regards Derek Beal :-wavehttp://flightsimmers.net/va/aeroflot724/derekban1.jpgPROUD RUSSIAN/CANADIAN! :D http://flightsimmers.net/va/aeroflot724/3d...om_russi2bl.gif http://flightsimmers.net/va/aeroflot724/canadaa.gif

Hmmmm. This huge fireball thing. Couldn't have actually been the sun, could it?Cheers,Paul

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Nope, the news said it was a Russian rocket booster burning up in the atmosphere.

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I have checked with the Satellite Decay Watch webpage, and it appears that this object was very likely to have been the Blok DM3 fourth stage of a Russian Proton rocket that failed to place the Astra 1K communications satellite into its correct orbit. The decay time was calculated to be November 28.59 UT (Universal Time), and there is a note which states that there were eyewitness reports of the decay at around 14:15 UT (06:15 local time) from Washington and Oregon.Sorry guys........no UFO's today :-)Chris Low,ENGLAND.

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it could have been some secret russian or chisese stealth plane, who knows

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If it was, it can't have had a particularly successful mission :-lolChris Low,ENGLAND.

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