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  1. antispam246's Avatar
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    Re: Satellite re-entry tonight
    hampshire, appeared directly over head so obviously nowhere near, went out again at 4:40-4:50, nothing
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    hampshire, appeared directly over head so obviously nowhere near, went out again at 4:40-4:50, nothing
    ah ok. where did you hear that was in that area? isnt it supposed to land in the sea.
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    Where did it land?
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    yeah i am wondering that too
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    i think i can see it from where i am. at least there is definitely a larger than normal light in the sky which is definitely not a plane, space station, star, helicopter, bug, etc
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    ok i will have a look. where are you from
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    ok i will have a look. where are you from
    i'm living in oklahoma at the moment. it's moved quite far since i last saw it so I reckon it is!
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    i'm living in oklahoma at the moment. it's moved quite far since i last saw it so I reckon it is!
    ah ok im from cambridge in the uk. i just looked out the window and saw something on the floor im not sure if its drain or this or something else
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    ah ok im from cambridge in the uk. i just looked out the window and saw something on the floor im not sure if its drain or this or something else
    can you see it in the UK then? i'm quite interested in it.
    not sure quite what your point is with the drain comment though
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    can you see it in the UK then? i'm quite interested in it.
    not sure quite what your point is with the drain comment though
    nope unless i cant see it where i am from. yeah i am too. i think they might be part of it outside on the road though im not sure if its a drain i know i sound mad
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    nope unless i cant see it where i am from. yeah i am too. i think they might be part of it outside on the road though im not sure if its a drain i know i sound mad
    haha ok i think the most recent theory is it's going to land in australia, and it's passed over canada.
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    Imagine if it had landed on that cube in Mecca? Jesus Christ lol, seeing as it's an American satellite.
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    haha ok i think the most recent theory is it's going to land in australia, and it's passed over canada.
    lol

    ah ok. its funny how they keep saying differnt places.
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    lol

    ah ok. its funny how they keep saying differnt places.
    yeah it was travelling so fast and moving around so much that it was virtually impossible to narrow it further than between latitudes 57N and 57S until recently, and it's still difficult to plot an accurate trajectory.
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    yeah it was travelling so fast and moving around so much that it was virtually impossible to narrow it further than between latitudes 57N and 57S until recently, and it's still difficult to plot an accurate trajectory.
    yeah i know. do you know when it started falling
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    yeah i know. do you know when it started falling
    not entirely sure tbh. i think they said it re-entered, or was due to re-enter the atmosphere between 3.45 and 4.45 your time
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    not entirely sure tbh. i think they said it re-entered, or was due to re-enter the atmosphere between 3.45 and 4.45 your time
    ah ok i will find out. yeah and the bbc said it would be between 11pm and 3am
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    CameraGirl - i just checked that thing i saw outside and its a drain lol
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    CameraGirl - i just checked that thing i saw outside and its a drain lol
    I have some bad news.


    You'll never make it as an astronomer.
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    I have some bad news.


    You'll never make it as an astronomer.
    yeah i know though it was pich dark
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