Irish Astronomers Investigate Sky Explosion

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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frist psot

[Anonymous Coward]

yay

The real reason could be..

[Anonymous Coward]

Santa Claus missed a red light ?

Afterburners

[Anonymous Coward]

It is probably just a fighter jet kicking in the afterburners. I remember after 9/11 occurred here in the U.S. we heard these very loud explosive booms in the suburbs and at first people thought they were terrorist attacks but it turned out they were just fighter jets. Normally, fighter jets aren't allowed to do that over populated areas for obvious reasons, unless there's a serious emergency, e.g. a 9/11 event. Probably, a pilot just did it for fun over Ireland. Unless there was some sort of event they're not telling us about, like a neighboring country's pilot passed into their territory and had to be caught up with and escorted out of the country. Who knows really. In any event it probably wasn't anything too mysterious.

sif

[specific_pacific]

pix or ban

Me too

[orange47]

I saw it from my parents basement

AIB (Allied Irish Banks) imploding?

[mnemotronic]

Rather than letting the bloody CANADIANS take 'em over.