Comments on: Fragmenting Fireball Over Texas and Louisiana February 27, 2013

By: Lorrie DeHaas

Lorrie DeHaas — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:23:10 +0000

I feel asleep on the couch and at around 1:30 or so I heard this very low flying noise but it sounded like the Blue Angels from the air show! The sky was very soupy with clouds..which always seems to trap noise and amplify it, however, the noise was so loud and whooshing that I awoke and wondered what it was…I glanced out the window and saw a really bright light whiz by. I’m glad I found this post because I figured it wasn’t a plane going that fast or glaring that brightly. Very cool but scary too. Especially after the Russian event.

By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:05:19 +0000

I watched it from approximately 5 degrees above the southern horizon, until the last section was visible approximately 20 degrees above the northern horizon, while in Orange, Texas. The trajectory detailed is the path I observed.

Considering the different colors of the debris as they burned in the atmosphere, I assumed it was a man made object. This confirms what I suspected.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:41:39 +0000

The recent update by Mr. Matson indicates what was seen this morning at approximately 3:09 a.m. CST was in fact a Chinese rocket body burning up on reentry. The only issue I have is the trajectory indicated by Mr. Matson is inconsistant with the direction of the anomaly I witnessed this morning. What I saw traversed from the southwest to the northeast, Mr. Matson’s diagram shows the trajectory coming from the south southeast and heading north northwest. However, the rate of travel of the anomaly was consistant with space junk reentering earth’s atmosphere thus adding to my confusion.

When I initially saw the object it was a single light source which then splintered into approximately 7 light sources with tails. Unfortunately the color was hard to determin due to stratosphere light cloud cover and the fact I was driving south on IH45 south, just north of Fairfield TX.