[meteorite-list] El Paso Lights

From: Mark Hammergren <mhammergren_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:09:44 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <391949.83702.qm_at_web180301.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

I'd say you've hit the nail on the head, Count. El Paso's "Amigo Airsho" was going on during Oct. 16 and 17. The Army's Golden Knights parachute team were featured performers.

Compare this video of another of their nighttime performances with the footage of the "El Paso lights":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaqvrv-8jIY

No meteorites from these fireballs... thankfully!

-- Mark

--- On Tue, 10/19/10, Count Deiro <countdeiro at earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Count Deiro <countdeiro at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] El Paso Lights
> To: "MEM" <mstreman53 at yahoo.com>, "Mike Hankey" <mike.hankey at gmail.com>, "meteoritelist" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 11:28 AM
> Looks like a three man practice HI/Lo
> tactical para insertion using individual ankle mounted
> flares.
>
> Count Deiro
> IMCA 3536
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: MEM <mstreman53 at yahoo.com>
> >Sent: Oct 19, 2010 8:15 AM
> >To: Mike Hankey <mike.hankey at gmail.com>,
> meteoritelist <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] El Paso Lights
> >
> >Be it remembered that El Paso is very near both Fort
> Bliss and the White Sands
> >Missile Range. Having worked there I know there are a
> lot of hush hush
> >developmental activities involving upper atmosphere
> /low orbital vehicles plus
> >some advanced non-conventional launch platforms. The
> flight behavior looks like
> >"multiple entry" maneuverable vehicles.? The "bow
> waves" are hemispherical and
> >not cone shaped and they are all uniform in size--
> where a meteor or booster
> >breakup would have different sized fragments.
> >
> >The New York City UFO sightings were identified as a
> rather huge cluster of
> >silvered, mylar, birthday balloons which got away from
> the lady on the way to
> >the party--vis-a-vis weather balloons or so I heard..
> >
> >Elton
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message ----
> >> From: Mike Hankey <mike.hankey at gmail.com>
> >> To: meteoritelist <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> >> Sent: Tue, October 19, 2010 9:16:49 AM
> >> Subject: [meteorite-list] El Paso Lights
> >>
> >> I saw this on Drudge report this? morning.
> >>
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEtTl9cGrJc
> >>
> >> Looks like a? meteor at first.
> >>
> >> I had seen the report on NYC lights last week
> and? accepted the weather
> >> baloon theory as you couldn't see the tail during
> the? day light hours.
> >>
> >> but this video has a distinct tail, and well...
> i? dunno.
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