I think this is it!
Someone on twitter mentioned that this may be some sort of radar artifact or glitch as the spike seems to be coming in straight at the radar site itself. Too much of a coincidence? That may be so. But kind of neat anyway.
Ian Ruotsala, jfelege, c-a-vu, and 3 other people added this photo to their favorites.
c-a-vu 21 months ago | reply
You have got a scoop here, just in the right place, north west of Calgory? You should alert news services....
c-a-vu 21 months ago | reply
Sorry make that Calgary
c-a-vu 21 months ago | reply
Does this match to a place called Okotoks? as people are reporting seeing debris, search google for Okotoks and UARS
the new YYJ_colin 21 months ago | reply
I remember seeing images of the Columbia tragedy that were picked up by weather radar. When I heard that it may have re-entered near Okotoks I went to the a weather radar page and saw this.
Someone on twitter mentioned that this may be some sort of radar artifact or glitch as the spike seems to be coming in straight at the radar site itself. Too much of a coincidence? That may be so. But kind of neat anyway.
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the new YYJ_colin 21 months ago | reply
Okotoks is just south of Calgary (CYYC on this map)
c-a-vu 21 months ago | reply
This is not a radar glitch it is in the right place www.n2yo.com/ shows UARS satellite path as going over this exact place. If satellites always did this to weather radar the system would be unworkable. Looks like it was to the south east of Okotoks. What scale is your image in miles or kilometers?
the new YYJ_colin 21 months ago | reply
This is in nautical miles... scale is bottom right of image
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c-a-vu 21 months ago | reply
What is the timing of the image? The expected time of impact was 12:16am EDT how does this match with the time of the image?
the new YYJ_colin 21 months ago | reply
I wonder if the frames in the videos are composites of many? I'm not sure. Well past my bedtime and my brain is just giving out on me. I'll put some fresh eyes on it tomorrow.
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ratzlaff 21 months ago | reply
The timing is at the outer edge of NASAs window. That radar image was captured at 11:30 MDT (1:30 EDT) and NASA says it came down between 11:23 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23, and 1:09 a.m. EDT Sept. 24. So, the timing is possible, if NASA's estimate of 1:09 EDT is off.
Also, as someone who watches weather radar all the time, I can say that I've seen lines like that MANY times. They usually mean something very dense in the radar's range, resulting in a radar shadow (the "streak"). If it's the UARS, the streak is probably not it's flight path, but rather a radar shadow, which explains why it points back to the radar station.
However, these radar images are a single snapshot every 10 minutes. The odds of one of them snagging a shot of the descending satellite somewhat unlikely.
CDN Aviator 21 months ago | reply
I've seen lines on the radar before too. In the airplane we call it spoking. Just read this too:
www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Space+junk+likely+Pacifi...
the new YYJ_colin 21 months ago | reply
Cool, thanks CDN... It was just weird to see it at the same time and on almost the exact same track as the satellite's ground track. Ahh well. :-)
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the new YYJ_colin 21 months ago | reply
Hate that my most viewed photo is this one.
Mikko22o 21 months ago | reply
That "FX" is a common radar glitch. If instead of weather radar that signature was registered for a Air Traffic Radar, I could have a doubt.... did you ever seen an aircraft signature in a weather radar? I don´t!
the new YYJ_colin 21 months ago | reply
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ratzlaff 21 months ago | reply
In any case, it's looking like the UARS went down in the Pacific, in which case it would likely have still been too high for ground based weather radar in Alberta to pick up.
the new YYJ_colin 21 months ago | reply
Yep, agreed. Just a coincidence for this shot. Ah well.
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