Residents in eight northern towns in Cebu Philippines claimed to have seen “a ball of fire” on Monday afternoon that crashed and exploded upon hitting the ground. The impact was so strong that it reportedly shook the earth and created a loud noise.
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2006-08-11 14:36:05 · 14 answers · asked by eals74 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Sounds like a typical meteorite impact to me. Little space rocks hit Earth all the time, but they disintegrate in the atmosphere. Big ones are more rare, but not too uncommon - a few a year get noticed, I'd say. The big ones survive to the ground, and they can make a pretty big bang when they crash.
By the way, the blog's explanation of why a rock from space glows brightly when speeding through out atmosphere was completely wrong. The rock itself doesn't glow, the air in front of it get compressed by the force of the rock, and that makes the air get really really hot (it's not friction, a common misconception), so hot that it glows.
2006-08-11 14:45:08 · answer #1 · answered by kris 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably a meteor or space junk. There is a lot of stuff orbiting in space left over from satellites and rocket boosters that NASA has to keep track of constantly so that the space shuttle and other things don't fly into each other. Objects are easily confused, because they enter at a high rate of speed and become white-hot. This is why space shuttles have ceramic tiling on the bottom to protect the shuttle from the extreme heat and is why shuttle Columbia from 2003 totally blew to pieces. The ceramic tiling had broken off due to some foam that hit it during take off
2006-08-14 07:38:09 · answer #2 · answered by Elliot K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
UFO if unidentified. There is a large possibility it was a missle, and a small possibility it was a meteor. There is no possibilty it was a alien ship. Most people exaggerate for attention. So there was probably small noise and a short small rumble.
2006-08-11 14:43:44 · answer #3 · answered by perfect.warrior 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The aliens are attacking! Oh God please help me! We're all gonna die!
There is a video provided by Roosterteeth as made by the directors of Red Vs Blue (copyrighted) for turning over Planetary Control. Im sure you can find it on YouTube.com somewhere
2006-08-11 14:45:59 · answer #4 · answered by animewarlord5000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow. Perhaps it was the Flying Spaghetti Monster!
2006-08-11 14:37:58 · answer #5 · answered by SM 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, sounds like al-Qaeda!
Seriously, it was probably a meteor
2006-08-11 14:38:58 · answer #6 · answered by Randy G 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it was unidentified and flying it was a UFO.
Was it an alien? I doubt it.
2006-08-11 14:39:40 · answer #7 · answered by Bill 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it must be a meorite hit.
2006-08-11 15:05:14 · answer #8 · answered by Eve W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3 cheers for SM's answer!
2006-08-11 14:44:45 · answer #9 · answered by az 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
think?:)
chek this out dude
and forget about ligths in the sky
2006-08-11 14:40:26 · answer #10 · answered by ONly truth 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋