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[8-09-2005] As many people know the Space
Shuttle Discovery landed safely at Edwards Air Force base this morning at
5:12 AM. The Shuttle had a soft glow about it and no visible running lights.
However, what I heard and saw come in from space prior to the reentry of
Discovery Shuttle really made me curious. There was not only a streak, like
a "shooting
star",
but also a small sonic boom at about 4:52 AM, approximately a quarter of
an hour before the NASA Shuttle appeared in the sky above. Was this perhaps
another spacecraft coming in from space or was it just a "shooting star"?
The doubtless mind has to wonder if a meteor shower is not the
perfect cover for the covert reentry of spacecraft. These days you never
know, but it is in fact the month of August and after a little bit a good
old fashioned internet research I think I've found our culprit: the annual
Perseid meteor shower when the earth passes through the orbit of the
Swift-Tuttle Comet. Coincidentally the Perseid meteor shower is strongest
between August 9th (today) and is at its peak on August 12th between
2:00 AM and dawn looking East. I'll be watching! |
Picture of the trace left behind by the Space Shuttle Discovery as it passed over Hollywood, California.
(Auto-contrast was applied to the photo to correct its color. Hover over the image to see the original photo.)
Video clip showing the rate of the Shuttle Discovery's passing West to East over Hollywood. It was Cooking!
...more coming soon!
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