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In areas ranging from McKinney to White Rock Lake, and everything on the way south to Houston reported a bright flash in Friday morning sky. The earliest information said which is most likely a meteorite. However, the National Weather Service in Houston reported that it may have been rubbish from a Russian Satellite Cosmos 2251, which returned to the atmosphere. In 2009 Cosmos 2251 satellite crashed when it collided with Iridium 33, United States Communications Satellite, in 2009, during the time of their rotation around the Earth over Siberia. Meanwhile, Bill Cook, who heads the NASA Meteorite Environment office, said the facility was actually a meteor, and probably the size of basketball. However, researchers continue to search for the source. outbreaks and observation reports continue to come from everything Texas State. One woman, McKinay, said she saw something like a cometary streak in the sky and bright flashes around 6:42 in the morning near the center of Stonebridge Shopping. Justin Wagoner who lives in White Rock Lake, said he saw green footprints and heard strong “sonic booms” at about the same time. Others reported what white and orange flashes of light saw. The spectacle lasted only a few seconds before disappearing into the sky. According to the doctor James Roberts, an astronomer from the University of North Texas, a mysterious object in the sky, probably a burnt meteor. Meteorologist from Houston said this may have been a fragment of the stream Geminid, which should appear later in December. Nonetheless, Mike Hankey, Operations Manager, American Society for the Study of Meteorov, said that he believed that the glow in the sky caused ball lightning, meteors look brighter than Venus, and the phenomenon does not may be part of the geminids. “For those who are not familiar with meteors and fireballs, ball lightning is a meteorite, which more than usual, “gave a short lecture on the website American Society Mike Hankey. “Most meteors have size of small pebbles. A softball sized meteor can produce on a brief instant of light equivalent to the glow of the full moon. The reason for this is the extremely high speed with which these objects hit the atmosphere. “Although the cars are actually pretty common throughout the world, they occur every night. But if you managed to see him once in a lifetime, then consider that you very lucky. “” A loud explosion can be heard when breaking up big ball lightning, “says Mike Hankey
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