Giant Ice Ball falls from Sky!!

I couldn't open your link....

But nonetheless I too find that a bit disturbing, yet oddly encouraging at the same time:D
 
Three foot block of ice falls in Oakland
The Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Even the experts are having trouble explaining a solid block of ice that fell from the sky, crashed into earth and left behind a three-foot hole in the grass.
The ice fell at Bushrod Park in Oakland early Saturday when homeowner Jacek Purat of Berkeley was waiting nearby to show apartments to prospective renters.
"It was totally amazing. ... I saw this flash, like a streak. Then I saw this explosion, like a big boom! I came over and it (the field) was all covered with ice. Some were this big," Purat said, making a head-size circle with his two hands.

Brooks and Judith Mencher said they were standing on their back porch near the park when they heard a sound like a very loud rocket. "It kind of went 'whoosh!'" Brooks Mencher said.

The impact "knocked turf 20 feet away," according to Oakland Police Sgt. Ron Lighten. No one was injured.

Lt. Charles Glass of the Oakland Fire Hazardous Materials Team said the ice was pure water. "It didn't come from a toilet on a plane or anything like that."

Glass said the ice that firefighters pulled from the hole was about the same size of the hole - three by three feet and two and a half feet deep.

Tony Hirsch, a Columbus, Ohio-based aviation expert, said ice falls of pure water are not uncommon: "Ice builds up on airplanes and falls off as they prepare to land."

But Hirsch said the airplane "would have to descend through what we call visible moisture, rain or clouds, for ice to build up." The skies were partly cloudy Saturday morning.

He said a large chunk of ice could build up on the vertical stabilizer or in a wheel well: "When they lower their landing gear, it falls off."

The National Weather Service said San Francisco Bay area storms haven't been violent enough to hatch a gigantic hailstone on its own. "There's nothing meteorological that would create a piece that big falling into Oakland," said weather service forecaster Diana Henderson.

It could simply be an unexplained "ice fall," one expert said. Big balls of ice sometimes fall from the sky without any real explanation.
 
It has been shown that a repulsive field could carry along debris underneath a saucer and it could freeze it as well, if the saucer powers up and takes off too quickly.
It is very possible that a disc had been sitting on the water and took off fast, sucking up a good bit of water on its lower hull which froze and fell off as the saucer ascended.

I think it is quite possible that this ice DID fall off of an aerospace vehicle, but it wasnt any plane.
 
Comets.....what's left of a comet burning thru the atmosphere. You did say the field was covered with ice, many the size of a head, didn't you? I'm waiting for a comet about the size of Connecticut to fricasee half a continent, before aliens show up. :foot: :eek: :D
 
if it had been a comet, being that size, it would have hit with so much force it would have left a gigantc crater.
Ever looked at the moon?
 
DannyinJapan said:
if it had been a comet, being that size, it would have hit with so much force it would have left a gigantc crater.
Ever looked at the moon?
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Gosh, I hope you didn't think I was serious!!! :foot: I just got tired of hearing "an alien shat an iceberg!" and so offered what I thought was a tongue in cheek retort! Bad Cop! No doughnut tonight! :D
 
This can mean only one thing. The Canadians have built a catapult. Dennis Leary was right. They are sharpening there skates to swoosh on into Wisconsin and steal our cheese...and that's what it's all aboot.

wait, was this a red pill or a green pill day?:confused:

Jake
 
This can mean only one thing. The Canadians have built a catapult. Dennis Leary was right. They are sharpening there skates to swoosh on into Wisconsin and steal our cheese...and that's what it's all aboot
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:D You have been on a roll lately Jake!! (and yes it would HAVE to be a poppy seed roll)

But seriously, I don't think they're allowed to own catapults:rolleyes: :p :foot:
 
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