>From that article, -0----------------------- But Doug Moffett from UFO Research NSW says he has a few problems with this theory. "Firstly, the time of the launch was 18.45 GMT, which translates to 4.45am EST, the duration of the flight was 9 minutes 38 seconds - this is a full hour before the reported sightings," he said. "Secondly, where was the glow from the boosters or from the friction created by the craft moving through the atmosphere, where was the tail of the rocket? "Thirdly, why would anyone launch a rocket on a maiden test flight with a trajectory that would take it over the most heavily populated parts of Australia? "And how big must this rocket have been to be seen so clearly, at the same time, over such a vast distance?" ------------------------------------------------ Perhaps one of the members on this list could address this scientifically. My first thoughts are that he has no idea of simple orbital mechanics, and "glow from the boosters or friction" is just dumb. As for "how big must it be" is immaterial, when we are talking about the cloud. Cheers, Wally Anglesea Mobile 0407 074 135 wanglese dot comxa dot com http://illawarraastronomicalsociety.hostoi.com -----Original Message----- From: seesat-l-bounces+wanglese=bigpond.net.au@satobs.org [mailto:seesat-l-bounces+wanglese=bigpond.net.au@satobs.org] On Behalf Of Michael & Caroline Rice Sent: Saturday, 5 June 2010 10:51 To: seesat-l@satobs.org Subject: Eastern Australia "strange spiral light in the sky". >From <http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/05/2919095.htm> http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/05/2919095.htm comes this: "It had a distinct bright centre, much like a bright star, indicating an object shedding light trails, spiralling and fattening out from it," and "It certainly had that lollipop-type swirl ... but it was travelling low and fairly fast, and as it went past me and I looked up, it looked like a row of lights, maybe four lights," he said. There are also a couple of descriptions here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hrWjkn_DHs (in comments on a video from the December 2009 sighting over Norway) Michael -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/private/seesat-l/attachments/20100605/8fe1 993f/attachment.html _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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