and so it continues......
- From: "teh_bede" <rspwsownthebede@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:15:49 -0600
http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=232117
Mystery fireball streaks across Texas sky
Updated: 2/16/2009 7:40 AM
By: News 8 Austin Staff
A few days ago, an American satellite and a Russian satellite collided 500
miles above the earth.
The U.S. Strategic Command Monday said IN A BIG LIE THAT the weekend shower
of fireballs over Texas was not debris from last week's collision of two
satellites over Siberia.
What looked like a fireball streaked across the Texas sky Sunday morning,
leading many people to call authorities to report seeing falling debris.
Preliminary reports from Williamson County officials said a small aircraft
went down, and then officials said it was likely space debris from two
satellites crashing.
The Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday that it received numerous
reports across Texas of falling debris, but the FAA said could have been
related to a recent U.S.-Russian satellite collision.
FAA spokesman Roland Herwig said officials suspected the debris could be
related to the collision, but he said that had not been confirmed.
News 8 received numerous calls saying debris was falling around midmorning
Sunday, what looked like a meteor. Some of the callers reported what looked
like a fireball in the sky.
Williamson County officials combed the area in a helicopter searching for
any trace of a small aircraft landing, but were unable to find anything.
The FAA notified pilots on Saturday to be aware of possible space debris
after a collision Tuesday between U.S. and Russian communication satellites.
The chief of Russia's Mission Control said clouds of debris from the
collision will circle Earth for thousands of years and threaten numerous
satellites.
The debris field from the collision is described as huge, but scientists are
still trying to determine the full scope of the crash.
News 8 Austin photojournalist Eddie Garcia caught the fiery streak in the
Central Texas sky Sunday morning.
The people running were not running from the fireball. They were actually
running the Austin Marathon.
At this time, it's believed to be the only news footage of this incident in
the state of Texas.
It's getting world-wide attention, and we've received many requests to
interview Garcia.
CNN reporter Heidi Collins did a live interview Monday morning with our News
8 photographer. He tells viewers what he was thinking when he saw the fire
in the sky.
"At the time, I'm looking in the viewfinder, and I see something flying
through the sky. It looks like it could be dust, it could be something. I
look up, and no, it was something burning in the sky," Garcia said.
Our Web site is sluggish right now since we've gotten so many traffic hits
with the video.
The U.S. Strategic Command said it is not debris from last week's crash
between U.S. and Russian satellites.
A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said they don't know what the
fireball in the sky was.
The debris field from the collision is described as huge, but scientists are
still trying to determine the full scope of the crash.
CNN and News 8 Austin are both owned by Time Warner.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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