What's so unusual about this story?

[alfaniner]

Meteor falls to Earth (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,331390,00.html)

Interesting story but something struck me as unusual about it (in a good way), especially considering that it's on the Fox news page. Any guesses?

[Cuddles]

I'm just surprised they still think we'll fall for that tired old "meteor" excuse. All hail our reptilian overlords.

[NobbyNobbs]

Meteor falls to Earth (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,331390,00.html)

Interesting story but something struck me as unusual about it (in a good way), especially considering that it's on the Fox news page. Any guesses?

What I found unusual is that they used the term "meteor" correctly, rather than the often misused "meteorite" or the lesser known "meteoroid".


Oh. And that it was reported as a meteor, summer lightning, a rocket, a satellite, or an exploding transformer, but not as a UFO.

[Soapy Sam]

The fact that it appears to be fairly sensible?

[Timothy]

Or did they mean an exploding Transformer (tm)? (In which case, it is aliens)

But to expand on NobbyNobbs:
The article did correctly differentiate between the two in the same paragraph. "Chester said people commonly think they see a meteor hit or about to hit the ground, when it is nowhere close. Most meteorites that strike the Earth are never found, he said."

[alfaniner]

Yes, I was alluding to the fact that they didn't mention UFO's at all.













Yet.

[thatguywhojuggles]

Meteor falls to Earth (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,331390,00.html)

Interesting story but something struck me as unusual about it (in a good way), especially considering that it's on the Fox news page. Any guesses?

How about where they claim it had been flying around in space for millions of years. I figured everyone at Fox News were young earth creationists. :D

[Loss Leader]

The weird thing is that the USAF is reporting that a test of an experimental supersonic stealth nuclear balistic spaceplane went "really, really well; not at all problematic and just great, thanks for asking."

[Jeff Corey]

What I found unusual is that they used the term "meteor" correctly, rather than the often misused "meteorite" or the lesser known "meteoroid"...
That struck me, too.