Strange explosion in the sky above Sacramento, California 20-Dec-2012

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• Clearly a space debris case.

• why don't they show us the actual explosion, if the man caught it on film? it goes from one picture, intact, to an exploded looking picture. it is very strange, but if you're going to report you caught the explosion on film, please let the public see it happening.

  • agree

• OMG! It&#39;s only a weather balloon.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=mG7xFt1FpCc<br /><br />In this video, you can see a weather balloon exploding. It&#39;s the same object;) The video was recorded by an iPhone with &quot;telescope&quot; (zoom 8X, 10X max). The object it&#39;s not in space, but in the sky. :)

  • Thanks for that vid, Gabe. Good eye.

• it&#39;s a weather balloon exploding..u clearly see the radiosonde..it isnt going UP, its actually going DOWN, cos this guy is using a mirror telescope for sure, and mirror telescopes convex lenses show images UPSIDE DOWN...its normal, but makes objects falling down look as they r going up..is that easy..and sure that guy knows bout all that since he s using that telescope not first time i guess..

  • Nice well thought out theory, except for one detail, why is it lit up and emitting light? I don&#39;t think weather balloons are filled with hydrogen any more, and helium is not flammable.

• meteorite exploding in space no big deal or old space debris blowing up in night sky there is a logical explanation i guess .