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A fizzing crackling sound?

• nerpderp82 4y ago
  Crossed with a low frequency white noise like howl. I see "with sound" on the meteorite spotter page, but it still seems like it was made up. Interesting, https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1932PA.....40..289W#:~:text=If%20the%20meteor%20has%20come,this%20a%20rumble%20or%20roar https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1932PA.....40..289W#:~:text=.... https://www.science.org/content/article/new-theory-may-explain-music-meteors#:~:text=Meteors%20release%20huge%20amounts%20of,the%20sound%20that%20accompanies%20meteors https://www.science.org/content/article/new-theory-may-expla.... So maybe not.
  • bjelkeman-again 4y ago
    I was on a sailing ship in the Atlantic, on the middle of the night watch, when a large meteor streaked across the sky. It burned with several colours (white, green, red, maybe, can’t remember exactly) and made a strong fizzling sound, like something in a hot frying pan with too much oil. I know that couldn’t be from the meteor’s sound waves, so this is the first sensible explanation.
  • exitb 4y ago
    I'd be very surprised if that's the explanation and would rather suspect something like the "noisy GIFs"[1], where a strong visual cue may cause the brain to attach a sound that sounds reasonable. That's also quite easy to verify - since we have visual sky surveillance, why not add microphones and confirm it really happens, no need to rely on random reports. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/noisygifs https://www.reddit.com/r/noisygifs
• NovaDudely 4y ago
  Back in 2004 I saw a meteor and there was a distinct fizzy crackling sound but it was coming off the cars next to me in the car park. Looks like it is a known thing - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4201328/Study-identifies-cause-strange-sounds-meteor.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4201328/Stud...