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My first thought seeing the video: wow, I'd love to see something like that in person.

Immediate second though: so grateful for our atmosphere




I saw one like this 15 years ago. It was terrifying as I was alone in a forested area and I had no idea what it was at first. But then the sonic boom that lasted for minutes was even more disconcerting.


Wow! Where?


Platteville, Wisconsin


My first thought was similar like how incredible it would be to experience it in person.

Second thought was, if we see this in a movie it might come across as your average cgi scene (without any epic music or slow shots) and doesn't standout much.

But now that I know it is real, all these normal videos (compared to movie CGI) somehow makes them better, special and makes me want to be there which doesn't happen with a movie scene.


It was quite sensational:

It was cloudy over me, so no bolide - I only saw slowly rising to 100% saturation brightness outside, during pitch-black night. (sonic boom a couple of minutes later).

I gave it a 20% chance it was a nuke from Putin :D


Did you hear about that restaurant they opened on the Earth? The food is mid, but GREAT atmosphere.




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