Originally Posted by
Shifty
Last night in Colorado:
"Denver center, Delta xxxx we just had a meteorite dissipate in front of us. Looks like about 20,000."
"Delta xxxx, say again?"
"We just had a meteorite dissipate in front of us at 20,000 ft"
"Uh ok"
The captain and I were laughing our asses off. Shooting star, douche bags!
Technically it was a meteoroid, unless it contacted the surface.
"Shooting star" means you spent too much time watching Disney instead of "Cosmos" as a kid.