Denver, spring of 1956. I was staying there off and on for about a year and a half. One evening, just a bit after sundown, a friend and I were sitting outside on a couple of lawn chairs, talking and just generally loafing on a pleasant spring evening when suddenly everything lit up. A meteor streaked across the sky. Big sucker! I saw it split into three parts and continue toward the horizon.

"Did you see that!?" I asked my friend.

"Yes!" she said.

Then, many seconds later, we heard what sounded like distant thunder echoing across the sky. I don't know if we were hearing a sonic boom or the sound of an impact somewhere.

Oddly enough, nothing on the news. Nothing in the papers. Were Mary Anne and I the only people to see it? I would hardly think so. Anyone outside at the time couldn't possibly have missed it.

I've seen a lot of meteors since then (during meteor showers and such) but I've never seen anything quite as impressive as that.

Don Firth

P. S. No, I don't think it was an alien mothership and two shuttles.

P. P. S. As far as the satellite is concerned, I don't think they've taken a shot at it yet. The navy was going to try it today as it passed over the north Pacific, but I understand it's been postponed due to bad weather.