http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-29/perth-sky-lit-up-by-meteor-overnight/10176746

I’m wondering: are the greater number of ‘sightings’ due to increased mass communications and the preponderance of visual recording devices, capturing something has been there regularly, or is it because we are seeing an increased number of meteoroids entering the Earth’s atmosphere?

Obviousman said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-29/perth-sky-lit-up-by-meteor-overnight/10176746

I’m wondering: are the greater number of ‘sightings’ due to increased mass communications and the preponderance of visual recording devices, capturing something has been there regularly, or is it because we are seeing an increased number of meteoroids entering the Earth’s atmosphere?

remember when everyone saw aliens? now all we get is meteors… le sigh

Obviousman said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-29/perth-sky-lit-up-by-meteor-overnight/10176746

I’m wondering: are the greater number of ‘sightings’ due to increased mass communications and the preponderance of visual recording devices, capturing something has been there regularly, or is it because we are seeing an increased number of meteoroids entering the Earth’s atmosphere?

Wouldn’t we see less meteors as our solar system gets older as many of the various sources they come from lose mass as time progresses.

Turnbull deposed, ScoMo in the Lodge, Potato Head back in Cabinet.

Now, a meteor in the sky.

What does it all portend?

Obviousman said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-29/perth-sky-lit-up-by-meteor-overnight/10176746

I’m wondering: are the greater number of ‘sightings’ due to increased mass communications and the preponderance of visual recording devices, capturing something has been there regularly, or is it because we are seeing an increased number of meteoroids entering the Earth’s atmosphere?

Lock in A eddie.

Cymek said:

Obviousman said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-29/perth-sky-lit-up-by-meteor-overnight/10176746

I’m wondering: are the greater number of ‘sightings’ due to increased mass communications and the preponderance of visual recording devices, capturing something has been there regularly, or is it because we are seeing an increased number of meteoroids entering the Earth’s atmosphere?

Wouldn’t we see less meteors as our solar system gets older as many of the various sources they come from lose mass as time progresses.

Yes, but not over the lifeline of there being Humans around.

Boris said:

Cymek said:

Obviousman said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-29/perth-sky-lit-up-by-meteor-overnight/10176746

I’m wondering: are the greater number of ‘sightings’ due to increased mass communications and the preponderance of visual recording devices, capturing something has been there regularly, or is it because we are seeing an increased number of meteoroids entering the Earth’s atmosphere?

Wouldn’t we see less meteors as our solar system gets older as many of the various sources they come from lose mass as time progresses.

Yes, but not over the lifeline of there being Humans around.

I second this.

Oh is that was it was. Had been rainy with short squalls all day, I assumed it was just thunder. Was quite a loud one so I thought it might have been a close-by lightning strike.

Boris said:

Cymek said:

Obviousman said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-29/perth-sky-lit-up-by-meteor-overnight/10176746

I’m wondering: are the greater number of ‘sightings’ due to increased mass communications and the preponderance of visual recording devices, capturing something has been there regularly, or is it because we are seeing an increased number of meteoroids entering the Earth’s atmosphere?

Wouldn’t we see less meteors as our solar system gets older as many of the various sources they come from lose mass as time progresses.

Yes, but not over the lifeline of there being Humans around.

Single human or human species ?, wasn’t Haley’s comet for example much brighter just a few centuries ago, its not a meteor but would loose mass each time it comes closer to the sun.

Cymek said:

Boris said:

Cymek said:

Wouldn’t we see less meteors as our solar system gets older as many of the various sources they come from lose mass as time progresses.

Yes, but not over the lifeline of there being Humans around.

Single human or human species ?, wasn’t Haley’s comet for example much brighter just a few centuries ago, its not a meteor but would loose mass each time it comes closer to the sun.

Human species. Comets outgas cos they are made of ice etc. meteoroids don’t because they are pretty much a solid object.

Obviousman said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-29/perth-sky-lit-up-by-meteor-overnight/10176746

I’m wondering: are the greater number of ‘sightings’ due to increased mass communications and the preponderance of visual recording devices, capturing something has been there regularly, or is it because we are seeing an increased number of meteoroids entering the Earth’s atmosphere?

A greater number of sightings? I haven’t noticed any increase in the number of sightings. There have been sightings of bolides every year or two since I was in high school. Perhaps you mean “more sightings on video”. I can even refer you to a bolide sighting in Aristotle’s “Meteorology”.

There have been fewer sightings of UFOs lately, though. Or perhaps just as many sightings but they don’t get reported in the News any more.

mollwollfumble said:

Obviousman said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-29/perth-sky-lit-up-by-meteor-overnight/10176746

I’m wondering: are the greater number of ‘sightings’ due to increased mass communications and the preponderance of visual recording devices, capturing something has been there regularly, or is it because we are seeing an increased number of meteoroids entering the Earth’s atmosphere?

A greater number of sightings? I haven’t noticed any increase in the number of sightings. There have been sightings of bolides every year or two since I was in high school. Perhaps you mean “more sightings on video”. I can even refer you to a bolide sighting in Aristotle’s “Meteorology”.

There have been fewer sightings of UFOs lately, though. Or perhaps just as many sightings but they don’t get reported in the News any more.

Maybe their cloaking shields have gotten better

Cymek said:

mollwollfumble said:

Obviousman said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-29/perth-sky-lit-up-by-meteor-overnight/10176746

I’m wondering: are the greater number of ‘sightings’ due to increased mass communications and the preponderance of visual recording devices, capturing something has been there regularly, or is it because we are seeing an increased number of meteoroids entering the Earth’s atmosphere?

A greater number of sightings? I haven’t noticed any increase in the number of sightings. There have been sightings of bolides every year or two since I was in high school. Perhaps you mean “more sightings on video”. I can even refer you to a bolide sighting in Aristotle’s “Meteorology”.

There have been fewer sightings of UFOs lately, though. Or perhaps just as many sightings but they don’t get reported in the News any more.

Maybe their cloaking shields have gotten better

Or more people are taking their medication.

Do they have any idea yet where it landed? eg. east or west of Perth. And where in the constellations it came from?

mollwollfumble said:

Cymek said:

mollwollfumble said:

A greater number of sightings? I haven’t noticed any increase in the number of sightings. There have been sightings of bolides every year or two since I was in high school. Perhaps you mean “more sightings on video”. I can even refer you to a bolide sighting in Aristotle’s “Meteorology”.

There have been fewer sightings of UFOs lately, though. Or perhaps just as many sightings but they don’t get reported in the News any more.

Maybe their cloaking shields have gotten better

Or more people are taking their medication.

Do they have any idea yet where it landed? eg. east or west of Perth. And where in the constellations it came from?

The suspected meteor is believed to have crashed to earth some 100km east of Perth.

mollwollfumble said:

Do they have any idea yet where it landed? eg. east or west of Perth. And where in the constellations it came from?

Somewhere near Northam WA, about an hour’s drive east north-east of Perth.

Curtin University already have a program running to track and find any landers in the southern half of the continent. They are reportedly already after this one.

“Curtin University’s meteor tracking group Fireballs in the Sky believe the meteor landed in Northam.”

“Northam is about 97 kilometres east-northeast of Perth in the Avon Valley.”

“out Northam-York way.”

“York is in Western Australia, situated on the Avon River, 97 kilometres (60 mi) east of Perth.”

If you go back 10 years or so Elvis sightings were not uncommon, that also seems to have dropped off lately.

Peak Warming Man said:

If you go back 10 years or so Elvis sightings were not uncommon, that also seems to have dropped off lately.

He would have died of old age by now.

Nearly everybody carries a reasonable-quality camera all the time these days, so the aliens are not showing themselves, in case they get captured. Back in the days of crap Instamatic cameras, fuzzy aliens were photographed every now and again. They can’t get away with showing themselves occasionally nowadays.

Peak Warming Man said:

If you go back 10 years or so Elvis sightings were not uncommon, that also seems to have dropped off lately.

That’s true. UFO sightings correlated with Elvis sightings. Correlation does not imply causation.

One newspaper hazards a guess that it may have been space junk. I wonder if that’s been ruled out yet?

mollwollfumble said:

Peak Warming Man said:

If you go back 10 years or so Elvis sightings were not uncommon, that also seems to have dropped off lately.

That’s true. UFO sightings correlated with Elvis sightings. Correlation does not imply causation.

One newspaper hazards a guess that it may have been space junk. I wonder if that’s been ruled out yet?

Ford Meteor?

Forgot to update on results of unsticking glass.

Whoever suggested loosening the glue with heat was exactly on the money. It came apart easily after boiling in water for 15 minutes, without damaging the paint. Solvents, knives, razor blades, and hacksaw didn’t work so well. Boiling for 5 minutes was not sufficient.

mollwollfumble said:

Forgot to update on results of unsticking glass.

Whoever suggested loosening the glue with heat was exactly on the money. It came apart easily after boiling in water for 15 minutes, without damaging the paint. Solvents, knives, razor blades, and hacksaw didn’t work so well. Boiling for 5 minutes was not sufficient.

Oops, meant for chat.

mollwollfumble said:

Forgot to update on results of unsticking glass.

Whoever suggested loosening the glue with heat was exactly on the money. It came apart easily after boiling in water for 15 minutes, without damaging the paint. Solvents, knives, razor blades, and hacksaw didn’t work so well. Boiling for 5 minutes was not sufficient.

It was me who mentioned “try heat first”.

Nice compilation of views of the event here:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2018/aug/29/meteor-fireball-lights-up-night-sky-in-perth-australia-video

Bubblecar said:

Nice compilation of views of the event here:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2018/aug/29/meteor-fireball-lights-up-night-sky-in-perth-australia-video

yeah, nice.

Whoever put up this link earlier today, I found that some time ago, but had forgotten about it. It is a terrible time waster.

https://mymodernmet.com/free-vintage-sewing-patterns/

Sorry, wrong thread.

but what about the chemtrails

SCIENCE said:

but what about the chemtrails

Only if it’s space junk.

SCIENCE said:

but what about the chemtrails

Oh, so that’s what’s causing the jump to the right. Thanks for reminding me.

Michael V said:

SCIENCE said:

but what about the chemtrails

Oh, so that’s what’s causing the jump to the right. Thanks for reminding me.

It’s just a jump to the left
And then a step to the right

Michael V said:

SCIENCE said:

but what about the chemtrails

Oh, so that’s what’s causing the jump to the right. Thanks for reminding me.

The jump was to the left. It was a step to he right.

sibeen said:

Michael V said:

SCIENCE said:

but what about the chemtrails

Oh, so that’s what’s causing the jump to the right. Thanks for reminding me.

It’s just a jump to the left
And then a step to the right

Go away.

I suppose you put your hands on your hips, do ya, Beeny Boy?

Woodie said:

sibeen said:

Michael V said:

Oh, so that’s what’s causing the jump to the right. Thanks for reminding me.

It’s just a jump to the left
And then a step to the right

Go away.

I suppose you put your hands on your hips, do ya, Beeny Boy?

You’re too slow, old man :)

sibeen said:

Michael V said:

SCIENCE said:

but what about the chemtrails

Oh, so that’s what’s causing the jump to the right. Thanks for reminding me.

It’s just a jump to the left
And then a step to the right

Not in “The Pollie Song” it isn’t. You’re “Living in the Seventies”.