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Title: Long Stringy Things from Heaven?
Post by: Halo on August 23, 2002, 08:28:34 AM
Several years ago while visiting in Evansville, Indiana, outside in a back yard on a calm summer afternoon, down from a cloudless sky, very slowly, drifted long stringy things.

Within about 15 minutes, several thin strands -- each about 10 feet long and about the thickness of a drinking straw -- of this whitish translucent nonsticky stuff came to ground.  I considered keeping a sample, but remembering stories of airline doodoo and other noxious ejections, I decided to just leave it alone.

But I've often wondered what it was.  Never saw any stories about it anywhere.  Thought it might be some newfangled chaff, or maybe some kind of experiment.  

It was fascinating to watch, descending very slowly and absolutely straight vertical, no coiling or spiraling, the transluscence caught in the afternoon sunlight or the strands would have never been noticed.  

But they weren't sparkly or shimmering, more like the color of plastic straws, which they were not, and not hollow either.  

Any ideas?
Title: Long Stringy Things from Heaven?
Post by: popeye on August 23, 2002, 09:41:51 AM
It once rained frogs in my back yard.
Title: Long Stringy Things from Heaven?
Post by: mason22 on August 23, 2002, 09:43:59 AM
spider webs
Title: Long Stringy Things from Heaven?
Post by: Animal on August 23, 2002, 09:45:53 AM
pirates

or drinking straws
Title: Long Stringy Things from Heaven?
Post by: deSelys on August 23, 2002, 09:50:02 AM
It reminds me the stuff falling from the sky in Anne Mc Caffrey's Dragonriders of Pern. ;)

No seriously I have no idea. It looks like spider web, but much thicker...
Title: Long Stringy Things from Heaven?
Post by: Nath[BDP] on August 23, 2002, 10:01:25 AM
Once in PA we were driving at night and it started to rain... rain mixed with heavy dirt/mud... totally obscured front view and we had to keep using window washer to see.

no idea what it was.
Title: Long Stringy Things from Heaven?
Post by: Animal on August 23, 2002, 10:02:37 AM
If this had happened in Mexico, they would say it was angel crap or something and build a shrine around it. Then it would be all over CNN en Espaņol.
Title: Long Stringy Things from Heaven?
Post by: Wlfgng on August 23, 2002, 10:03:17 AM
alien uh....  uh.. G-rated board
Title: Long Stringy Things from Heaven?
Post by: Elfenwolf on August 23, 2002, 12:33:12 PM
Halo, I saw the same thing bout 20 years ago in Mendocino County, CA. along with several dozen other people. It never was exclaimed in spite of relative extensive news coverage. Totally bizarre, huh?