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Irish Astronomers Investigate Sky Explosion

Posted by timothy on from the stopping-snake-attacks-since-400-AD dept.

puroresu writes "Astronomers in Ireland have appealed to the public to contact them with eyewitness accounts of a massive explosion in the sky over the country. From the BBC: 'Astronomy Ireland chairman David Moore said: "So far, reports have been registered by residents in west Cork, Kerry, Cavan and as far north as Donegal, thus suggesting that this spectacular event may have been witnessed by people all over the country. In the past two decades there have been two major explosions in the skies over Ireland. When we investigated these, we were able to conclude that one was a Russian military satellite that exploded over the country, and the other was a rock from space."'"

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  1. Alternative Explanation by BBCWatcher · · Score: 1, Funny

    It could be leprechauns.

    1. Re:Alternative Explanation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Leprechauns, you know they don't exist?

      Probably a Guaold Baseship, or an Asgard ship overrun by replicators...

    2. Re:Alternative Explanation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Actually, a better explanation would be that they were drunk. (OK, OK, don't kill me. I'm Irish american with Irish grandparents and let me tell you there is a more than a little truth to this stereotype).

  2. Pfsst by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Whiskey plus Blimp = FAIL

  3. Spots by s1lverl0rd · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of all the spots our new overlords can land, they coose *Ireland?* Geesh.

    1. Re:Spots by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Of all the spots our new overlords can land, they coose *Ireland?* Geesh.

      Now I'm terrified, why are our new Overlords going to *coose* us?

    2. Re:Spots by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, Ireland is actually atlantis, see.

    3. Re:Spots by BlindRobin · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's possible they've come for the stouts and porters that have slurred the previous posters keyboard.

    4. Re:Spots by Sumbius · · Score: 2, Funny

      Of all the spots our new overlords can land, they coose *Ireland?* Geesh.

      I for one welcome our Irish coosing overlords.

    5. Re:Spots by mrops · · Score: 2, Funny

      This story is Bullshit,.

      I have been following a documentary where they found Atlantis in another Galaxy and there are life sucking aliens investation there.

  4. It's a Texas Band! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosions_in_the_Sky

  5. False alarm ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... it was just my iPod exploding. Again.

  6. Idiocracy by Jugalator · · Score: 3, Funny

    and the other was a rock from space

    A meteor, in other words?

    Damn idiocracy.

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  7. Re:To whoever tagged story as uk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Besides him being correct and you not you mean?

    Canada is in the americas. Ireland is not in England.

  8. Re:Robin Williams by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sigh.

    It never takes long for the drunken comments to surface.

  9. Re:To whoever tagged story as uk by laederkeps · · Score: 1, Funny

    America? Fuck yeah!

  10. Re:Robin Williams by Atrox666 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do you not think that poor girl got hit in the face with a lot of dick before she got that far?
    The poor girl might have been concussed by that point.