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From: schrei@faust.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Something else to watch out for!
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Date: Thu, 20-Jun-85 12:18:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 20 12:18:00 1985
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Nf-From: faust!schrei    Jun 20 12:18:00 1985


 
     In addition to the technical arguments against, the idea that
the phenomonon was caused by heating up clouds just doesn't sound
right.  But what about this possibility?  The JAL flight was over
the ocean.  Suppose a meotor came whizzing through the atmosphere
some five to ten miles ahead of the plane and crashed into the ocean.
Could this account for all the observed (and unobserved) phenomena?
For example, was there a sound of an explosion?  Should there have
been at that height and distance?  The account posted here makes no
mention of sound, but what does the pilot's report say about it?
     Can somebody estimate the ranges of meteor size, speed, angle
of entry, etc. that might account for what was observed?