"Martin Heffels" <goofie@flikken.net> wrote in message
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On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:52:05 -0400, "Neil Bates"
<neil_delver@caloricmail.com> wrote:

Clever try, but why would a skip bomb be glowing white like that during
descent? That doesn't make sense, even after a first bounce. And painted
white still wouldn't be bright enough.

Ever seen a shooting star? :-)

...

If you mean, a meteor hit the ground at a glancing angle and bounced - I
thought of that, but has one ever bounced liked that?  That big, and so hot
it's crumbly, should have broken up the first time. I googled around
("bouncing meteorite" "bouncing meteor" etc.) and got very little, I did
find a theory to that effect in an old USAF report
http://www.project1947.com/gfb/cap21649.html
but it wasn't an actual mention by astronomers. Usually a "bouncing meteor"
means one that skipped back out of the atmosphere (even rarer is to get back
in after that.) I will look around some more and get back to you.