(meteorobs) possible fireball in Portugal

Marco Langbroek marco.langbroek at wanadoo.nl
Sat Jun 5 06:25:03 EDT 2004


Hello Tony and others,

There is a picture (and thanks to Jose Campos for pointing me to it!)
apparently showing the object on
http://sic.sapo.pt/index.php?article=873&visual=3&area_id=5

Unfortunately the vido refuses to load when I try.

The picture shows a comet-like object; which to me is strongly reminiscent
of the pictures I have seen of manouvring satellites.
However, that does not explain the radar detections pointing to something
with aircraft speeds & altitudes.

If this picture indeed shows the object, then the Iridium flare hypothesis
clearly is out of the question too.

- Marco

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Dr Marco Langbroek
Dutch Meteor Society (DMS)
Leiden, the Netherlands
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