# What is that fireball? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 16, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-fireball/486174 "2009-02-16T21:56:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-fireball/486174/1 "2009-02-16T21:56:23Z")
THere was a fireball seen and heard in Texas a few days ago. ['I don't know what I saw,' videographer says of fireball - CNN.com](http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/16/texas.sky.debris/index.html) It was caught on tape and several people reported seeing it. "Authorities in Texas said there were reports of sonic booms in the area Sunday as well. " " Early speculation was that it might have been debris from two satellites – one American, one Russian – that rammed into each other in space a week ago. But the U.S. Strategic Command, which tracks satellite debris, said it was not. “There is no correlation between those reports and any of that debris from the collision,” command spokeswoman Maj. Regina Winchester told CNN Monday." Anyone care to speculate as to what this thing was? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-fireball/486174/2 "2009-02-16T22:01:03Z")
A meteor or meteorite. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-fireball/486174/3 "2009-02-16T22:03:09Z")
[The Super Devil!](http://www.hulu.com/watch/11823/family-guy-superdevil)