(meteorobs) Double sonic boom heard?

[Rich Fleetwood]

HI Brian,

I've also heard the shuttle coming in...was lucky enough to be in Mojave one
afternoon when it came into Edwards...way back in Spring 2001.  Parked at
the Autozone north of town, I was able to watch through binoculars as it
came into the pattern out of the clouds, and then turned south and come to a
landing and full stop....Sure, it was a fly speck from that distance, but it
WAS the shuttle...so very cool...mark ONE item off my LifeTime ToDo list...

I wasn't sure of your time frame in relation to the test launch time/date so
I thought I'd throw it out there.

Aurora events....very possible.

I'll be watching to see if you find the answer to your quest...

Rich


On 6/15/06, Skywise <skywise at dslextreme.com> wrote:
>
> OK. I'd just like to add that in addition to my interests
> in astronomy, I also have interests in seismology and space
> flight.
>
> First, the launch of the missile from Vandenberg was at
> 1:22 am local and my sonic boom was 11:17 pm local. I have
> observed launches from VFB from my location several times
> and none have ever done anything more than make for a good
> light show. Never a sound. But even if there was a sound,
> it would not take 22 hours for it to arrive. I have a few
> launch photos in the astronomy section of my website.
>
> The Gilroy earthquake occurred at 5:24 am the next day, 6
> hours after my hearing. Also, Gilroy is just south of San
> Francisco and I'm 480 km away, south of Los Angeles. I
> have sensed earthquakes as low as mag 1.5 and this 'sonic
> boom' was nothing like that. But I checked the maps at the
> SCEC anyway and nothing was reported.
>
> http://www.data.scec.org/recenteqs/index.html
>
> When I heard it my first reaction was "Space Shuttle" as it
> was so exactly like that - the quick double "boom-boom".
> Obviously it wasn't the Shuttle.
>
> One other possibility is re-entry by 'space junk', for which
> I can ask on SeeSat-L. Like myself, I know others here also
> subscribe there. But I will make a formal post just the same.
>
> I suppose we could let our skeptical guard down a bit and
> conjecture that it's something like the "Aurora" events heard
> here in the early 90's, which I did hear once or twice.
>
> Brian
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