(meteorobs) possible fireball in Portugal

[Roger Greenwood]

So where is the picture? It describes it. But doesn't post the picture.
It would probably bust their bubble to find out it was a meteor...

-Roger

On Jun 11, 2004, at 6:31 AM, Andrei Ol'khovatov wrote:

> Dear Paulo,
>
> An interesting post in UFO-list mentioning the June 1 light event:
> http://www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/updates/2004/jun/m11-005.shtml
>
> Best wishes,
> Andrei Ol'khovatov
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Paulo Heleno <meteoro at sapo.pt>
> To: Global Meteor Observing Forum <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 5:21 PM
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) possible fireball in Portugal
>
>
>> Hello Marco and all:
>>
>> The question of why the airforce did not launched an
>> observing/interception activity crossed my mind from the first days.
>> I sent an email to the airforce,asking this,and, in more general
>> terms,what is the operational standard procedure in cases like this.
>> As far as the picture is concern, that photogram its the better view 
>> of
>> the object in all the video
>>
>> Paulo
>>
>> On Sat, 5 Jun 2004, Marco Langbroek wrote:
>>
>>> Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 12:25:03 +0200
>>> From: Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek at wanadoo.nl>
>>> Reply-To: Global Meteor Observing Forum <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
>>> To: Global Meteor Observing Forum <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
>>> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) possible fireball in Portugal
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> ------
>>> Dr Marco Langbroek
>>> Dutch Meteor Society (DMS)
>>> Leiden, the Netherlands
>>> 52.15896 N, 4.48884 E (WGS 84)
>>>
>>> e-mail: meteorites at dmsweb.org
>>> DMS website: http://www.dmsweb.org
>>> priv. website: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek
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