(meteorobs) daylight fireball, NW Indiana

[Jim Pettit]

 I've watched the video of the supposed NW Indiana 'fireball' several times,
but it only took one viewing to realize it was nothing more than the setting
sun reflecting off a high altitude jet contrail. Contrary to the
videographer's own words, the object was *not* moving at a high rate of
speed; the corner of a building is intermittently visible in the video, and
over the course of many seconds the angular distance between that corner and
the 'meteor' barely increases. Too, the videographer states that when the
object disappeared behind a line of trees, he had time to drive to a nearby
elementary school for a more unobstructed view...hardly consistent with any
meteor fall I've ever seen or heard of. So, onward...

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From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
[mailto:meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] On Behalf Of Marco Langbroek
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 9:51 AM
To: meteorobs NAMN
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) daylight fireball, NW Indiana

>> That object picked up in those peoples yard sure
>>looked like a fresh meteorite to me...even had a nice
>> fusion crust.
>> george zay

That presumably is the Berthoud meteorite fall in Colorado of last week you
are
talking of, and that is a true meteorite indeed (an achondrite according to
the
first reports and the pictures). It is unrelated to the phenomenon under
discussion, which was a sighting from Fort Wayne, Indiana.

- Marco

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