Close but not so close
Saw space junk enter atmosphere once. Alot of folks called 911 and reported mid-air collisions, power line explosions, and the world coming to an end. In reality it entered the atmosphere near us but landed 450 kms away.
Not be-littling this crew's experience but looks can be extremely deceiving !
Also flew through the Lioness meteor shower once. Amazing 6 hours of meteoroides and some meteorites falling all around us. Some with the blazing tails as they hit the lower atmosphere, and presumably some making it all the way to the ground. Most are assumed to be the size of grains of sand but are impressive just the same.
DUCK !
FG