So yet another bright ball from space. Followed by a BOOM!

I totally missed the big BOOM! I think someone's trying to create an uproar. j/k But seriously, they should be trying to clean up our space junk instead.

sorry guys. i farted . too many tacos

wow - the video says it was heard from Maine to North Carolina. From the description given it sounds like the object was moving, there was a boom, and the object disappeared?

That sounds like a sonic boom - amplified beyond imagination. People were saying maybe it was debris from a satellite collision? I don't believe this would be possible. The satellite would enter the atmosphere, burn up a little, but would not explode with such force that it could be heard from the entire north east coast of the US.

I think it was definitely military related. It could have been an SR-71 exploding after reaching top speed - ahah, which the gov't would never admit - (2 bil$ plane)

I agree with Samiammi - space junk (or anything crashing into or entering the atmosphere) does not necessarily explode with force enough to be heard at such wide a range. I could be wrong; I am not an aerospace engineer... but this does not seem like a "reasonable" explanation as the media suggests.

My "reasonable" guess would be that a piece of the Russian spacecraft had leftover fuel and exploded as it burned up in the atmosphere (unlikely because I would assume spacecraft fuel capacity/usage would be precisely calculated and discharged to prevent such an explosion). Blaming this on Russia seems like a "reasonably" cliché excuse.

Other possibilities we can only assume might include the military destruction of a foreign object (large space junk, a critically massive meteorite on a course for Earth, or ~God forbid~ the defense against some sort of intercontinental missile attack). Maybe it was a warning from extradimensional extraterrestrials on a warpath? In any case, not likely just a piece of falling space junk.

It was VALIS!

I live on the east coast (MA) I didn't hear shit

It's the Cylons! Hide!

I hope it's alien life forms of some sort, because seriously, I'm pretty fucking bored with all the same shit lately.

Interesting...

I hope it is something interesting because I too am bored with all the same crap going on.

If it something pretty extraordinary I don't think the government would tell us (i.e. Roswell).

It was really aliens. I'm sure they stopped in Virginia first.

It's the intergalactic debt collectors coming to make us face the music. Great stuff in these times. Maybe an alien invasion will put our minds at ease.

Jesus is coming....and boy, is he pissed!

its obvious the Death Star exploded.

I live in Carolina, didn't hear this, but it wouldn't be the first time in the last 2-3 years that an unexplained boom was heard in the area.

mirror matter...look it up!

that's crazy, too bad the sound didn't reach Florida!

i just think you such know, I believe in extraterrestrial life!
i mean c'mon how big is the universe?

Ok...I will give it up....It was me....a worm-hole already.....come on catch a clue now....wait here is five bucks for the clue-bus...ride it all day already.....Seriously you don't know that the Wraith are attacking the Atlanteans as we speak.....you separatists...I hate you...get involved make the effort.....WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE...(spittle flying..for effect) there comes a time when you just have to make a stand.......next departure........4/1/2009/....@ 0800 ...reservations being accepted......... I'm soooo over this....the Fang.

Hello, People!

"bright blue ball of electricity"? Clearly a naked robot has been sent back in time to destroy John Connor.

I live in NC. I did not hear a boom nor did I see any ball of light. What I did see was a random brush fire on the side of the road at 9:15. Probably a coincidence, though there has been a great deal of rain lately.

After reading ALL THREE of the articles, (and each one says "go here" for the latest update), I come to the conclusion that no one knows what the hell is going on and it is about time for an alien invasion. Could have even been a USO taking off. Haha.

I'm going with the guy who ate too many tacos

The brilliant fireball in the Virginia sky on Sunday was likely a natural meteor event and not the remnants of a Russian rocket, scientists now say, a reversal from yesterday's initial analysis.

check out report from Space.com
http://www.space.com/news/090331-likely-meteor.html