Meteorite: IT WAS CLOSE, I THINK!
"...Alt capture.". ."Check", came the response.
As we looked up this streak of light went across our line of sight, leaving sparks as it burnt out. It can only have lasted about two or three seconds. The trouble is that up there (at FL270 as we were)it is difficult to tell relative altitude with any degree of accuracy let alone distance as it was a relatively clear afternoon/dusk. One thing is for sure; it went straight through our projected flight path (tail wind right up the chuff, so no drift on at the time).
I have caught glimpses of these things before, indeed coming back from Dublin early in the morning a blue streak came down right in front of us. However, as a Jumbo had just passed us going the same way and descending I thought it may have been a blue ice stalactite.
Anyone else concerned about the implications of this? Anyone else had similar experiences?