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Flash in the sky over Kyiv

Boardnashea · 2023-04-20 11:12:20

Ukraine think it was cause by a old NASA satelitte re-entering the atmosphere. NASA said "no, not ours". RTE said... I presume that risk estimate is missing a few zeros???

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20-04-2023 12:12pm

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Boardnashea

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Ukraine think it was cause by a old NASA satelitte re-entering the atmosphere. NASA said "no, not ours".
RTE said...

I presume that risk estimate is missing a few zeros???

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#2 20-04-2023 12:29pm
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https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058293178/flash-in-the-sky-over-kyiv

Jesus I would hope so!

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#3 20-04-2023 12:46pm
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Tefral the surveyor pulled the cloak back a little too far 🤔😉
NASA did take a satellite out of orbit yesterday, odd that it would trigger Air Defence response and alarms in Ukraine, but certainly not impossible.

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Definitely looks like something burning up, especially the smaller flashes after the initial one.
BBC reporting that the thinking now is that it was a meteorite
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc3gUmnhtpk&pp=ygUPRmxhc2ggb3ZlciBreWl2

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