UPDATE: What Was The Bright Flash In The Sky Tuesday Night? (PHOTO)

What Was The Bright Flash In The Sky Tuesday Night? - New Hampshire News Story - WMUR New Hampshire

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- News 9 received several phone calls and e-mails late Tuesday night reporting a bright light or flash in the sky.
Some speculate it could have been a bolide, which is a large, bright meteor, also known as a fireball meteor.
A bolide explodes on impact and can cause a large crater, according to the United State Geological Survey.
"There is no consensus on its definition, but we use it to mean an extraterrestrial body in the 1-10-km size range, which impacts the earth at velocities of literally faster than a speeding bullet (20-70 km/sec = Mach 7.5), explodes upon impact, and creates a large crater," according to the USGS Woods Hole Science Center.

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Maine ski area sells $29 lift tickets for Feb. 29

NEWRY, Maine (AP) — In celebration of leap day, Maine's Sunday River ski resort is selling lift tickets for $29.

Wednesday is Feb. 29, a date that falls every four years when an extra day is added to the calendar for leap year.

Sunday River says the $29 lift tickets can be bought Wednesday at any lift ticket window.

Maine ski resorts are reporting good ski conditions following recent snowstorms.

'Tangled' eagles stop traffic on Route 101 in Bedford | New Hampshire NEWS

'Tangled' eagles stop traffic on Route 101 in Bedford | New Hampshire NEWS

By DAMIEN FISHER
New Hampshire UnionLeader

Published Feb 26, 2012 at 5:56 pm

BEDFORD — A pair of bald eagles stopped traffic on Route 101 Sunday morning for an hour.


“It looked like one was protecting the other, or, as people have suggested, they were mating,” New Hampshire State Trooper Stephanie Clarke said.

Clarke was heading out on patrol about 6:30 a.m. when she came across two cars stopped in the eastbound lane of the highway, near the Everett Turnpike.


“There were two cars stopped in the middle of the road, in what looked like an accident,” she said.


The cars were stopped because a pair of eagles were tangled together in the road. The drivers were trying to protect the birds, keeping them from going into the high-speed lane, Clarke said.


The birds appeared agitated and skittish, Clarke said. When anything moved near them, they would make for the high-speed lane, she said.


Clarke said she tried to keep the birds safe and keep other drivers from getting into an accident while she waited for Fish and Game officers to arrive. The birds did not appear injured, she said.


“It looked like they were tangled up together,” she said. “To be honest, I'm not a bird specialist.”


Before Fish and Game officers could respond, the birds disengaged from each other and took flight.


“It was a pretty amazing spectacle to watch,” Clarke said.


The birds seemed to head out in the same direction, as through to a shared nest, she said.


Any other day of the week, when traffic is heavier, the birds on the highway could have caused accidents, she said.


“Something bad could have happened,” Clarke said.

Mating Bald Eagles Halt Traffic On Rte. 101 In NH

Possibly Mating Bald Eagles Halt Traffic On Rte. 101 In NH « CBS Boston

BEDFORD, N.H. (CBS) – Two bald eagles were spotted tangled in one another on Route 101 in Bedford, New Hampshire on Sunday morning.

Troopers who arrived on the scene and originally thought they were responding to an accident, but instead they saw a car stopped in the middle of the road to protect the rare birds.

Trooper S. Clark said the birds appeared to have been mating, though she wasn’t certain.

Because bald eagles are federally protected, troopers called in the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department to protect them.

Crews tried to approach the birds, but they became agitated before detaching themselves from each other and flying away.

Clark said in her 24 ft on the force, she has never seen two eagles land on a highway.