So yesterday when Ray and I were doing Chillville, we got a strange phone call about a huge ball of fire crossing the Austin sky. At first we thought it was a joke, or some “wake ‘n bake” listener who was tripping out to the sounds of Massive Attack and Animal Collective. I want to send out a big “Thank You” to our caller for hitting us up instead of 911, or the local news. Listen to the clip below.
Phone call at around 11:30 AM.
So it turns out that a lot of people saw the same thing, and there was even some video footage taken from Sunday morning’s marathon. A fire in the sky? What could it be? There are several theories of what it may have been including a UFO, a meteor, or debris from a couple of satellites that crashed into each other earlier this week.
Most scientists are blaming the spectacular day light show on the remains of a U.S. and Russian satellite that indeed collided while orbiting the earth. Officials feared that the remains could cause damage to the International Space Station if their paths met. However, there are many astronomers saying that the ball of flames was indeed a meteor entering the earth’s atmosphere, and not remains from the satellites. They are saying that there is no way that the satellite debris could enter this area of our planet. Hmmm, sounds like there are two different theories from several different experts. We might never know exactly what lit up the Austin sky during the late morning hours, but one thing is for sure – “The Truth is Out There”. The irony here is that we decided to play Guster’s “Satellite” after a long break of not being played on Chillville. Coincidence?
