Meteor seen above Cheltenham
A CHURCH worker believes he has photographed a meteor blazing a trail above Cheltenham.
Matthew Pinless, 31, from Fairview, spotted the fast-moving object in the sky while walking along Glenfall Street in Cheltenham at about 5pm on Tuesday.
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STRIKING: The meteor captured above Glenfall Street
He said: "I was walking along the road with my young son and I spotted this object moving through the sky.
"At first I thought it was a plane, but then I could see it was moving too quickly for that.
"I managed to grab my phone and take a photograph, but it disappeared behind a cloud and never came out the other side.
"I don't subscribe to the UFO theory, so I am fairly sure it was a meteor, but I would be interested to hear if anybody else saw it in the sky."
Did you see the 'meteor'? Contact the Echo newsdesk on 01242 271821.
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by Andrew Pyrka, Cheltenham
Monday, August 31 2009, 11:53AM
“This is not the only meteor seen..On Thursday night approx 1am, between South Cerney and Cirencester, a meteor similar in size show in the image shot across the sky over the A419. I was driving at the time so unable to take a photo.”
by James, Tewkes
Sunday, August 30 2009, 8:55AM
“Did anyone see some strange light in the sky last night over tewkes around9:38pm - looked gold to the eye but on camera seems to change colour.. was in the sky for about 40 seconds then lost sight of it....”
by Carlo G King, Adelaide, South Australia
Saturday, August 29 2009, 3:28AM
“I was at Maslins beach Thursday night/Friday morning. Where I sighted 11 shooting stars. The last one I saw was an object that appeared larger than the one pictured here. Sighted at approximately 2 AM, travelling in a south-easterly direction. probably completely unrelated, just thought it was interesting”
by Big T, Lisburn NI
Friday, August 28 2009, 8:14PM
“Don't forget most objects are falling into the orbit around the sun due to it's higher gravity well. unless a meteor was on a direct course to hit the planet the odds are it would skip across the hemisphere. If you watch any of the NASA missions returning to Earth they skipped across the outer envelope till they lost enough forward speed to allow them to fall to earth. There is tonnes of stuff flying around in space and when it hits the atmosphere it would make a fire ball many times it's own mass. Google it up if you don't agree.”
by M.I.B. J, Classified
Friday, August 28 2009, 4:22PM
“Ladies and Gentlemen can you all look this way.
(blinding flash)
You have not seen a meteor or even an satellite, it's just a tawdry filler on a slow news day.
Thankyou”
by Dale, Gloucester
Friday, August 28 2009, 3:53PM
“Thought you would never ask Mark!”
by H G Wells, The realm of infinity
Friday, August 28 2009, 3:48PM
“"The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one..."”
by Dale, gloucester
Friday, August 28 2009, 2:50PM
“Look you guys i know this not a meteor, i showed the pic to my mum and she said the same! Stop ganging up on me!”
by Mark, Cheltenham
Friday, August 28 2009, 2:41PM
“Dale, ha ha ha. You mentioned Matt having a sad life, and yet you had read the article and about twenty of the comments, what does that make your life? If you knew this lad, you would know the last thing he wants is fame and that 'faking' anything is just not his way.”
by Sid, the Kid
Friday, August 28 2009, 2:38PM
“Yup, just what I thought......wimp.”