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Mysterious Rumbling, Flash Of Light Across Waco Area
Rocket testing near McGregor was the source of rumbling and flashes of light in sky late Saturday near Waco.
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(November 22, 2008)—Residents across parts of Central Texas from Robinson to Valley Mills reported loud sounds and flashes of light in the sky at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. or SpaceX confirmed that crews were testing a 9-engine rocket called Falcon Nine at the company’s facility in McGregor west of Waco.
McGregor police and firefighters were notified and McGregor residents were reportedly notified ahead of time.
SpaceX reported the test was successful.
The loud roar of the test lasted for several minutes.
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Posted by: Me
Location: Here
on Nov 24, 2009 at 08:58 PM
crybabies, SpaceX does this ALL the time, you ALL know about it, you ALL have whined before when they've done it, you are all nothing but crybabies. I know that there is no way that everyone moves out of McGregor, Temple, Killeen, Waco, etc and whole new group of people move in between tests.... you all know about this, now shut up. If you call 911 for this, you seriously lack brains. You all must me democrats who voted for obama.
Posted by: KRO
Location: mcgregor
on Dec 2, 2008 at 06:57 AM
Honestly most of you that make bad comments about spacex have no idea what your talking about, maybe you should do a little research before running your mouth. Im very sure that if you have any questions that you can give them a call and they would be very happy to answer them for you. Thanks
Posted by: mom
Location: mcgregor
on Nov 25, 2008 at 04:38 PM
Whatpeople don't seem to get is that with no warning whats so ever and an airport nearby we honestly thought a plane had wrecked! I have lived in McGregor for many years and am used to rocket testing and all but never ever had we had one like this! Our house shook so bad it felt like it was gonna fall and with a major fire close to the same area not to long ago it made it for an unpleasant evening instead of one that woul dhave been a great history lesson to our children!
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