Note the blury object on the left just below the meteor's tail, which appears to catch up to the meteor.
Harry On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Edmund Storms <stor...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > What is so unusual about this video? The meteor exploded, which sent > fragments in all directions, including straight ahead as the video shows. As > for shooting down an object slowing from 17000 mph in the atmosphere, where > is the common sense? > > Ed > On Feb 17, 2013, at 7:17 AM, Jones Beene wrote: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-octPHs9gcs&feature=player_embedded#t=0s > > > NASA failed to mention the surprising activity that seems to show up in this > Russian video, in slo-mo. > > The video could have been altered - with the addition of a fast moving > object that seems to impact with the object to make it explode (at about 27 > seconds). > > Since the original story of a missile shoot-down came from Russian military, > why not give it some credence? > > Unless of course it can be shown that this video was altered. > > > > > NASA's blog states: > > "Asteroid DA14's trajectory is in the opposite direction" > > > 180 degrees is pretty far from 90 degrees. > > What is your cite, Terry? > >