Sighting of Satellite/Debris In Hargeysa Night-Sky

[Jacaylbaro]

Hargeysa, Somaliland, June 13, 2008 (SL Times) – Sighting of satellite like debris falling out of the night sky over the capital was noticed on Wednesday evening by many city residents in Hargeysa.

A satellite like debris travelling at tremendous speed above Hargeysa’s night-sky was seen leaving a long trail of fire lit sparks (debris) heading in a westerly direction.

 

The Associate-Editor of SL Times print and web edition, Rashid Mustafa, said, that he, personally, had witnessed the fireball in the night-sky on Wednesday evening as he was locking his car door at his home.

 

“Exactly at 20:25pm on Wednesday (12 June) evening, I saw a large ball of ‘firework-type’ explosion leaving a long trail of sparks (debris) across the night-sky and was travelling at a tremendous speed for about 4 - 6 seconds then disappeared from the night-sky altogether.

 

It was huge and looked as if it was close by in the sky, but, I knew it wasn’t because the thing did not emit any noise as it was exploding and falling apart in mid sky. Had it been close by in the sky, travelling at such speed, it would have broken the sound barrier as it travelled faster than the speed of sound and would have made great noise and thunder.

 

I can truly say that the ball of fire, leaving a long trail of sparks in our night-sky was in our atmosphere and not entering the atmosphere, because, of the clarity and detail of the sparks and fire it left trailing behind as it travelled in a westerly direction.

 

It wouldn’t have been possible for the human eye to see such detail in the night-sky had it been so far off.

 

I presume it was a falling satellite that had entered our atmosphere/local sky and the cause for the fallout and fireball may have been due to the satellite sustaining a direct hit from a surface-to-air-missile fired by US forces monitoring the satellite. I could be wrong.

 

But, this is the only explanation, I can think of,” Mustafa said.

 

So far, there has not been any mention or reports in the world media regarding the fireball or phenomenon seen in much of the region’s Wednesday night-sky.

 

 

Source: Somaliland Times