[meteorite-list] Re: Burning Object Seen Over Kentucky

From: Rosemary Hackney <ltcrose_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:00:07 2004
Message-ID: <000b01c22e93$498ad260$7575d6d1_at_default>

o...k...

I got sucked up into the popcorn gathering machine?? kewl.

Rosie
----- Original Message -----
From: "E.P. Grondine" <epgrondine_at_yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 2:06 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: Burning Object Seen Over Kentucky


> Hello Rosemary, all -
>
> The best explanation for this phenomena which I have
> heard comes from guitar goddess Cathy Horner -
>
> It seems that the signals which broadcast all of those
> old television shows are finally reaching far away
> star systems. The result is that the inhabitants of
> those star systems have developed a powerful craving
> for popcorn to eat while watching those shows -
>
> Now every so often they send over a ship to gather up
> popcorn from fields - but seeing the ships, the locals
> get curious and decide to investigate - with the
> result that they get sucked up into the popcorn
> gathering mechanisms -
>
> Now as this generally makes a mess of things, the
> visitors have decided that to discourage this activity
> by subjecting to probes those curious earthlings who
> get sucked up in their harvestors -
>
> :p)
> ep
>
>
>
>
>
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>
> --- Rosemary Hackney <ltcrose_at_bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > Well.. hmm.. there have been notable sitings in
> > Kentucky and Tennessee
> > lately. As I remember "something" crashed not too
> > long ago and the place was
> > cordoned off and a lot of clean up activity was seen
> > ..for a bogey. I
> > remember seeing something that looked like an
> > aircraft falling out of the
> > sky in the general direction at the time.. Do not
> > know if it is related. As
> > a member of Civil Air Patrol I called headquarters
> > to see if there were any
> > missing craft. This was odd looking for sure.
> >
> > Also A crop circle was found near the Ky/Tn border
> > in White House , TN.
> > Several UFOs have been seen around Memphis area.
> >
> > So know knows.
> >
> > Rosie ( TN mufon )
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ron Baalke" <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
> > To: "Meteorite Mailing List"
> > <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 11:01 AM
> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Burning Object Seen Over
> > Kentucky
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.cknj.com/cknj/myarticles.asp?P=374108&S=496&PubID=7014&EC=0
> > >
> > > County averages one sighting per year
> > > James Roberts
> > > Central Kentucky News-Journal
> > > July 16, 2002
> > >
> > > An unidentified flying object sighting near the
> > Nally & Gibson rock quarry
> > > was probably a meteor or unusually bright star.
> > >
> > > On June 21, an anonymous caller reported a UFO
> > near the quarry at 11:23
> > p.m.
> > >
> > > According to the 911 report, the caller described
> > the object as "some type
> > > of space debris." The caller also said that the
> > object "burned up as it
> > > entered the atmosphere."
> > >
> > > Taylor County Sheriff's Deputy Aaron Walters
> > investigated the report but
> > > found nothing, according to Campbellsville Police
> > Chief Bill Cassell.
> > >
> > > "It could have been a crank call. It could have
> > been real. We don't know,"
> > > Cassell said.
> > >
> > > Walters could not be reached for comment but,
> > Chief Deputy Allen Newton,
> > who
> > > was on duty that night, said it was just a bright
> > star. Nothing fell to
> > the
> > > ground.
> > >
> > > "This may have been the same person that called [a
> > UFO sighting] in two or
> > > three years ago," he said.
> > >
> > > That sighting was also just a bright star, Newton
> > said.
> > >
> > > Kenny Young, an investigator with the Kentucky
> > chapter of the Mutual UFO
> > > Network, said that it is unlikely that the
> > sighting was UFO related.
> > >
> > > "That an officer responding to the call would make
> > note of a bright star
> > > does not suggest anything unusual unless he made
> > specific note that this
> > was
> > > something other than a star," Young said.
> > >
> > > The caller's description of burning space debris
> > does not alert Young to
> > > anything unusual either.
> > >
> > > "I see no immediate reason to equate this with a
> > UFO-related event," he
> > > said. "That being said, it is quite unusual for
> > someone to notify local
> > law
> > > enforcement regarding their observation of
> > incoming meteoric debris or
> > > re-entry of space debris."
> > >
> > > However, Young admits that he is interested in the
> > sighting.
> > >
> > > "I have been following a number of unusual UFO
> > sighting reports around
> > > Kentucky in the last few months," he said. "In the
> > past two months there
> > > have been a number of UFO claims from some
> > residents in Louisa, Ky., and
> > > other areas in east-central Kentucky that were
> > reported to the National
> > UFO
> > > reporting center."
> > >
> > > A sighting caught on tape by a Lexington TV crew
> > was likely an
> > > unusually-shape balloon, Young said. A report of
> > an object landing near
> > Fort
> > > Knox was unverified.
> > >
> > > According to Dr. Anthony K. Grafton, a chemistry
> > professor at
> > Campbellsville
> > > University, the caller's description and what the
> > police observed may not
> > be
> > > the same thing.
> > >
> > > "A bright star could certainly catch someone's
> > attention, but would not
> > > likely appear to burn up as the caller stated,"
> > Grafton said. "Bright
> > > planets, particularly Venus, have often been the
> > objects of UFO reports."
> > >
> > > Grafton said that what the caller saw was likely
> > just man-made debris.
> > >
> > > "Thousands of pieces of man-made debris are
> > orbiting the Earth, and the
> > > re-entry of any one of these objects would account
> > for the caller's
> > > observations," he said.
> > >
> > > Grafton said that the debris could "fracture as
> > they burn up, producing
> > > spectacular, though brief, displays."
> > >
> > > The object could also have been a meteor, Grafton
> > said, although it would
> > > had to have been large to produce a noticeable
> > burning effect.
> > >
> > > "We are near the usual dates for two regular
> > meteor showers: the Delta
> > > Aqaurids and the Perseids, although both peak
> > several days to a few weeks
> > > from now," Grafton said.
> > >
> > > "Man-made debris and meteors enter the atmosphere
> > and burn up every day,"
> > > Grafton said. "Much of it goes unnoticed and very
> > rarely does any part of
> > > the object survive atmospheric entry and reach the
> > ground."
> > >
> > > According to Taylor County Emergency Management
> > Public Information Officer
> > > Ronnie Dooley, "nothing hit the ground so we have
> > no way of verifying
> > > anything. I feel like it's probably a meteor. That
> > is just my theory."
> > >
> > > Dooley said that the county averages about one UFO
> > sighting a year.
> > >
> > > Grafton doesn't doubt that people are seeing
> > things that are difficult to
> > > identify, but he believes there is a reasonable
> > explanation to the
> > > sightings.
> > >
> > > "It is extremely unlikely that what people
> > describe as UFOs are anything
> > > more than natural or man-made occurrences such as
> > meteors, balloons or
> > > aircraft."
> > >
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