Russian Rocket Hits Wyoming

Harmonious Botch wrote in with a CNN story that opens: "A spent Russian booster rocket re-entered the atmosphere Thursday over Colorado and Wyoming, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said. NORAD spokesman Sean Kelly said the agency was trying to confirm a report that a piece of the rocket may have hit the ground near Riverton, Wyoming, at about 6 a.m. Kelly said military personnel had not yet reached the scene. No damage was reported and the debris was not believed to be hazardous, NORAD said. Eyewitnesses reported seeing flaming objects in the sky at the time the rocket was re-entering, Kelly said."

Video from Denver news station

[theinfobox]

Here is video taken by a local news crew this morning: ABC 7 [thedenverchannel.com] Note: They use an embedded Windows Media Player.

Saw video on the news

[Iphtashu Fitz]

Somebody got some really good video footage of this thing breaking up in the atmosphere. It was a series of streaks of fire against a dark sky. Probably just a matter of time before it starts showing up on youtube, etc.

More info

[Anonymous Coward]

From Spaceweather.com

Something from space disintegrated over Denver, Colorado, this morning around 6:20 am MST (1320 UT). Witnesses describe it as "brilliant, slow, twinkling, sparkly and full of rainbow colors." It was not a meteor. The fireball was the decaying body of a Soyuz U rocket that launched the French COROT space telescope on Dec. 27th. The re-entry caused no damage on the ground--just a beautiful display in the sky.

Umm... link to video?

[lpangelrob]

Link [google.com]. This story could use a visual. Clearly, as opposed to what the poster of the video would like us to think, it is not a UFO.

Video

[Digitus1337]

http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/ [myfoxcolorado.com]

Re:How is it misleading?

[RexHowland]

I think the key word is "hits," as opposed to "falls in," or "lands in."

If you shoot an arrow, and the arrow "hits" the apple, you worry that something might have happened to the apple.

If you shoot an arrow, and it "lands in" the forest... -- You're probably not too concerned for the forest.

Maybe I'm just a stickler. -- I think it could be easily misunderstood, though.

Video showed on Fox News earlier

[TheConfusedOne]

Space Junk: Norad identifies Denver light as body of Russian rocket re-entering the atmosphere

View [foxnews.com]

Re:Just remember, everyone...

[dubdays]

Here's a link [wikipedia.org] for those of you who may not get it. I should have included it originally. Sorry.

Re:Video from Denver news station

[bgeerdes]

There is better footage at the local Fox station [myfoxcolorado.com].

Re:Bullshit!

[edwardpickman]

You missed the point with Iraq. It was never about getting our hands on more oil it was about controlling oil. Notice that years later oil is still flowing at a trickle when it was supposed to pay to rebuild Iraq. It was about restricting oil to drive up prices. Oil won't flow so long as the US is in control. I'm an american and this isn't paranoia it's a simple fact. The oil ministry was the only governmental office protected yet four years after the war was declared over the oil industry in Iraq ia at a near standstill and they have become a net importer of oil not an exporter inspite of having some of the largest reserves in the world. The oil will magically flow once the prices are perminately up and the middle east can no longer supply what we need. Like I say it's about controlling oil.