Mystery Fireball in Texas Actually a Jet Contrail, NASA Scientist Says

Space.com Tuesday 10th April, 2012

A bright object that streaked across the Texas sky during the day April 4, originally believed to be a meteor burning up as it entered Earth's atmosphere, was actually a flying jet and its contrail, a NASA scientist has confirmed. Local news stations reported that the bright object was a fireball (an especially bright meteor) and Bill Cooke,...

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