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From: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net>
Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 18:35:49 -0400
Fwd Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 18:35:49 -0400
Subject: Re: CA 'Skyquake' Case Solved




Lemme see.... early this morning Stig forwards
Ryan H. Turner's news.group post:

>>Date: 7 May 1998 03:14:05 -0000
>>To: updates@globalserve.net
>>From: Stig Agermose <interstate@supernews.com>
>>Subject: Alert! Skyquakes In Southern California


>>Subject:      SKYQUAKES IN SO CAL--ALERT!!!
>>From:         ryfyrman91@aol.com (RYFYRMAN91)
>>Date:         1998/05/06
>>Newsgroups:   alt.ufo.reports


>>ALERT ALERT ALERT!!

>>This is NOT a joke, or hoax, or rantings of a nutcase!  I am a
>>Communications Dispatcher for 911 for a major fire department in
>>Southern California. At approximately 2200hrs, PST, on May 5,
>>1998, the 911 and business lines begin to light up with calls.
>>Several police agencies in Orange County and South Eastern Los
>>Angeles County reported the same thing, that they were being
>>deluged with calls reference something strange going on.

The 'strangeness' happened _Tuesday_ night at around 10pm
California time.

Then this afternoon came the following glibness:

> From: Stig_Agermose@online.pol.dk (Stig Agermose)
> To: updates@globalserve.net
> Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 13:22:16 +0200
> Subject: CA 'Skyquake' Case Solved

> >From "alt.ufo.reports".
> Subject:      SO CAL SKYQUAKE UPDATE!!

> This is to make sure that everyone is aware that this "SKYQUAKE"
> has turned out to be sonic booms from the space shuttle landing
> at Vandenburg. Apparently its flight path went right over the
> cities that were calling in to me at the 911 Center...

> Sorry for the alarm, however, if you were sitting in my chair at
> the 911 Center when the phones went nuts. And the descriptions of
> the sounds and events were strange, so that's why I sounded the
> alarm.

Shuttle Sonic Booms? Really!? Lessee what NASA's logs say:


From: The NASA Shuttle Web

http://shuttle.nasa.gov/sts-90/

Flight Day 17
                  Perfect Landing

Columbia, piloted by Commander Rick Searfoss and Pilot Scott
Altman, made a picture-perfect landing at KSC at 11:09 a.m.
Sunday.

It was the 14th consecutive landing for shuttles at the Kennedy
Space Center and the 21st in the last 22 missions.

Unofficial landing times are as follows:

Maingear Touchdown:
     MET - 15 days, 21 hours, 14 minutes, 59 seconds
     CDT - May 3, 1998, 11:08:59 a.m.
     GMT - May 3, 1998, 16:08:59
Nosegear Touchdown:
     MET - 15 days, 21 hours, 15 minutes, 13 seconds
     CDT - May 3, 1998, 11:09:13 a.m.
     GMT - May 3, 1998, 16:09:13
Wheelstop:
     MET - 15 days, 21 hours, 15 minutes, 58 seconds
     CDT - May 3, 1998, 11:09:58 a.m.
     GMT - May 3, 1998, 16:09:58

Kennedy Space Centre? That's over in Florida is it not?

On _Sunday_ morning, in Florida at 11:09:58 a.m.?

Um..... is _anyone_ (other than Duane Schulke) thinking
what I'm thinking?